Monthly Archives: February 2023

Let the kids help hold the reins

Adolescence is tough, as everyone with a memory would attest if we were honest about ourselves. For me it was mood swings, upsets in the family, uncertainty about where I stood, fear of failing various tests and anxiety about the … Continue reading

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In the fight to contain emissions, we are losing badly

The verdict is in: humans are not good people. That was US funnyman Bill Maher earlier this month, musing on why we can’t fix the climate. “I don’t know what will work,” he said, “but I know what didn’t work: … Continue reading

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An ode to my champions of the quill

If art is a commodity, poetry is the most affordable of all its forms. You can buy in a single volume the entire printed output of almost any poet for the price of a meal at Macdonald’s. It’s clearly no … Continue reading

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