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Meeting Men: A Little Poetic for Henning Do you know what it is as you pass to be loved by strangers? Walt Whitman This is a little poetic for [...]
March 1, 2014
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“Empathy” Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible Comfort of feeling safe with a person, Having neither to weight thoughts, Nor measure [...]
March 1, 2014
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This has been a good year for musicals, and it is more or less coming to an end with this little treat currently running at the Young Vic in [...]
November 26, 2013
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human beings, by Adrian Mitchell look at your hands your beautiful useful hands you’re not an ape you’re not a parrot you’re [...]
October 3, 2013
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Someone who wrote to me recently had this quote attached from Aldous Huxley; and I rather liked it. It reminded me of one by William James. Here [...]
August 22, 2013
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No Other Way There’s no other way. That’s what they say. Economics must put money before people, And medicine must put profit before health. [...]
July 7, 2013
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Hate begets hate, violence engenders violence, hypocrisy is answered by hypocrisy, war generates war, and love creates love Pitirim [...]
May 20, 2013
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Is that all there is? ( This can be sung along with Peggy Lee to the song by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller and inspired by a short story [...]
March 8, 2013
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The past few days have been very sad ones as I have learnt of the deaths of two former teachers, colleagues and dear friends: Stan Cohen and [...]
January 8, 2013
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QUOTING HUMANISMS: INSPIRATIONS CHARLES HORTON COOLEY (1964-1929) ‘We live in the minds of others without [...]
November 24, 2012