Entries from February 2024
Aspects for the week beginning 25 February 2024
Lindsay Hoyle “Just when you hoped you’d reached rock bottom, parliament finds a way of going still lower…Everyone wanted a ceasefire. Only they wanted their own ceasefire, not anyone else’s ceasefire.” ~ John Crace You will have seen the chaos in Parliament this week, specifically Wednesday evening. It was to have been the day for […]
Categories: News
Aspects for the week beginning 18 February 2024
Alexei Navalny (1976 – 2024) “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing” ~ Alexei Navalny We learned on Friday of the death at the age of 47 of that bravest of men, Alexei Navalny, who dared to stand up to Vladimir Putin, in the hope of […]
Aspects for the week beginning 11 February 2024
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce “No one is more influential when it comes to writing music today”. ~ National music Publishers’ Association, 2021 The power couple of the moment is singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and her American football star Travis Kelce. Taylor is on tour in Japan, flying back to America tonight for her boyfriend’s appearance […]
Categories: Celebrities · Sport
Aspects for the week beginning 4 February 2024
Karl Popper (1902 – 1994) “I don’t know whether God exists or …. Some forms of atheism are arrogant and ignorant and should be rejected, but agnosticism – to admit that we don’t know and to search—is all right. … When I look at what I call the gift of life, I feel a […]
Categories: Philosophy