Let us... state, in view of the fact that all knowledge and every pursuit aims at some good, what it is that we say political science aims at and what is the highest of all goods achievable by action. Verbally there is very general agreement; for both the general run of men and people of superior …

I generally refrain from commenting on philosophical weaknesses in the writings of lawyers, in the hope that they in turn will remain silent about my tenuous grasp of legal principles, but this is deeply muddled:

Two old, two new, and please don’t mention sprite colour limitations.

‘Dr Adams suggested that the government could incentivise companies, perhaps through tax breaks, to employ people with doctorates—the number of PhDs awarded annually has risen by about 50 per cent since 1998.’
(T.H.E.S.)

Not entirely startling news from the depths of the child protection industry:

I shall be doing some part-time Philosophy teaching again this academic year, and the start of term at Durham is fast approaching. What news comes from elsewhere in the sector to fill us with optimistic keenness and pedagogical vigour? This news:

‘...those images that, severed from all earlier associations, reside as treasures in the
sober rooms of our later insights—like torsos in a collector’s gallery.’
(From Excavation and Memory)

Perhaps it was the most unwanted paintings and music that made writing to a formula interesting
(or at least showed that satisfying a list of what people hated in music could be more striking than chasing what
they liked). Or maybe it was OuLiPo. Then again, every adherence to a genre or
emulation of a classical …

You can learn surprising things at academic conferences, and at one of them some comments on Stonehenge gained a contribution from a delegate in the audience who had had experience of negotiating with druids. Also, if memory serves, with other druids who were disinclined to talk to the first lot of druids. This is doubtless not …

This is the version of the thesis which will be used in the Viva: two copies for the examiners, and one for me.

The following refers to a counterargument against the existence of ley lines, but in the right hands it surely could be the seed of a novel: the story of a time when our era remains factually well known, but is entering a state of mythification nonetheless...

Happy Fearmonger Day, when the time comes to highlight the cloud lurking within the most silvery of linings:

Sir John Mandeville wasn’t just unreal; he was really unreal:

What must cultures be like for this to be possible...?

Let’s assume that poisoning your child is wrong, whether it’s wilfully or negligently done. Let’s further posit, as many people do, that a foetus has broadly comparable moral standing to that of a baby after birth. Some possible implications...?