Playing through a power cut
Power cuts make me think about the end of the world. The more I think about the end of the world, the less I want to watch TV and the more I want to play the pi...
Tag: books
Put down that shiny screen and pick up a book
It is getting harder to stop and read a book. I blame the digital world. My cellphone is turning me into a frittering hamster. I twitch at every online distract...
Fifty Shades of Grey is cinematic junk food
Fifty Shades of Grey is such an obvious target for moral outrage that railing against it almost becomes meaningless.
2014 in review: not enough reading but plenty of creativity
In the same way that every good book leads to another good book, every piece of creativity generates more creativity.
A case for reading (more) fiction
... To immerse yourself in a book is an experience quite distinct from many of the other ways that we absorb information. We live in an age of short video clips...
What makes a real man?
... Over summer I found myself sitting around a table with some real men. I could tell they were real men because they knew the difference between a fan belt an...