“While there is still time”
The Mower BY PHILIP LARKIN The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, Killed. It had been in the long grass. I had seen…
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Entertaining profile by Caity Weaver from GQ on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
In a break from my usual run of Polish poems with the word ‘elegy’ in the title and mordant reflections on dead birds and dead Russian hikers, here is a simply entertaining (and quite endearing) piece…
Adam Kirsch on Emmanuel Carrère, faith, and Christianity’s ability to scandalise
From the April 21st TLS: The decline in churchgoing across Europe over the past two centuries has had the paradoxical result of restoring one of Christianity’s most notable features –…
Adam deVille on failing to understand Marx and Freud
A month ago I featured long segments from a post by Adam DeVille on the romanticisation of monasticism. Again, here is another post worth reading in full. What makes this post important…
Leandro Herrero: “An enlightened top leadership is sometimes a fantastic alibi for a non-enlightened management to do whatever they want”
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
From Leandro Herrero’s website, a “Daily Thought” which I am going to take the liberty of quoting in full: Nothing is more rewarding than having…
A fossilised flower in amber – with its pollinator!
Originally posted on Prof. Jeff Ollerton – ecological scientist and author:
There have been only a handful of occasions in my professional life when I’ve been sent a manuscript to…
Bird Feeding Notes, mid April
A month on from the imaginatively titled “Bird feeding in Mid March” here are some random thoughts and observations on bird feeding in Mid April. The mix of birds is roughly…
From “The Secret Life of Trees: How They Live and Why They Matter”, Colin Tudge
Perhaps this is why we feel so drawn to trees. Groves of redwoods and beeches are often compared to the naves of great cathedrals: the silence; the green, filtered, numinous…
Séamus Sweeney 