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Milton’s Paradise Lost – a poem for October ’17.

Much gratitude to a client who presented me with John Carey’s brilliantly edited new version of Paradise Lost. I was a student of Carey’s once – and it is wonderful to be able to hear his voice in the Introduction. All very nostalgic,...
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Posted in Blog on Friday, October 20, 2017
Tagged with books, John Carey, John Milton, Paradise Lost, poetry

Megan’s diabulimia story.

Appalling that a person should die of an illness that is widely prevalent but "not yet medically recognised". "Just over a year ago Lesley and Neal Davison received a phone call telling them their daughter was about to be sectioned. She'd tried to...
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Posted in Blog on Monday, September 25, 2017
Tagged with bulimia, diabetes, diabulimia, Eating disorders, Media

Is Mindfulness Meditation BS?

Has the spiritual practice of meditation been cheapened by being used as a therapeutic tool? Or is there really no contradiction between using meditation to reduce stress and using it to explore spirituality? There was a great article I read recently in WIRED...
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Posted in Blog on Thursday, September 14, 2017
Tagged with books, buddhism, Media, meditation, mindfulness, press, Robert Wright

Ram Guha on the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Ramachandra Guha: ‘Ruling party’s bigotry is reinforced by TV channels spreading hate and suspicion’ Ramachandra Guha speaks out against the murder of friend and fellow Bengalurian Gauri Lankesh. The 55-year-old editor of Kannada weekly tabloid by her name “Gauri Lankesh” was gunned down...
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Posted in Blog on Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Tagged with Gauri Lankesh, India, press, Ramachandra Guha

Rumi’s This Confused Story – a poem for September ’17.

This Confused Story by Rumi Don’t burn a blanket because of one flea! Don’t waste a day on trivial irritation, some gnat’s headache. Take your attention off the forms and focus on what’s inside. If you’re on this way, choose companions who are...
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Posted in Blog on Saturday, August 19, 2017
Tagged with poetry, reading

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Posted in Tweets on Friday, August 18, 2017

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