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Jan 22

Menhirs, Silent Witnesses Of Our Human History

A universal significance far beyond origin or function — Standing Stone. Aka menhir. A word that evokes moors, moss, lichen and mottled rock. Alone, in a line or in a circle. Standing in a clearing, hidden in a forest, or lying by a road, menhirs are everywhere in the world. Since centuries? No, for millennia. They are history, timelessness…

Menhir

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Menhirs, Silent Witnesses Of Our Human History
Menhirs, Silent Witnesses Of Our Human History
Menhir

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Dec 18, 2022

When The Past Becomes The Future

Time is stuttering. Good news. Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Before, now, after. Timelines. Everything we know has one. Even the most immaterial idea has an historical chronology. From the smallest particle to the largest one, each has and creates a history. And yet, despite the mechanical succession of the events, the…

Chronology

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When The Past Becomes The Future
When The Past Becomes The Future
Chronology

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Oct 22, 2022

Hat Off To You, Suella Braverman!

Among the wreckage of the Liz Truss’s premiership, one minister not only left with her dignity intact, but she embodied the missing flavour of politics today: responsibility. The gist of Suella Braverman ‘s resignation letter? “The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. …

British Politics

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Hat Off To You, Suella Braverman!
Hat Off To You, Suella Braverman!
British Politics

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Oct 15, 2022

Bring Out Your Coal Buckets This Halloween

Shivering in their hovels, the serfs huddle. After all, body warmth is still free. Cold and humidity is everywhere, the Little Ice Age is around the corner. They dream of the day when wood can be collected. Soon now. Charcoal is for lords and ladies, their betters. Like horses, carriages…

Energy Crisis

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Bring Out Your Coal Buckets This Halloween
Bring Out Your Coal Buckets This Halloween
Energy Crisis

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Sep 1, 2022

I Am Irrelevant

What will the people think? What will they remember about me? A common worry, even when we don’t care. Maybe especially so. And if it is a worry, then we have to admit it has at least some importance in our life. I was recently discussing choice and end-of-life dignity…

Mental Health

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I Am Irrelevant
I Am Irrelevant
Mental Health

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Aug 5, 2022

Time Flies When Having Fun

Apparently Netflix got a reprieve thanks to Stranger Things. Well. Looking at my feed, the bets to keep me as a client seem twofold: random content selection — quite ironical in itself for a non-linear content provider — and a wall of comedy and stand-up. And yet, my laugh-o-meter has…

Funny

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Time Flies When Having Fun
Time Flies When Having Fun
Funny

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Jul 23, 2022

Who? Me?

This post took me a surprisingly long time to write. It was not the difficulty of the subject or the lack of inspiration. Not even existential boredom. On the contrary. The reason was that raw material never stopped flowing. A flood of information. Political scandals come slushing down the hill…

Politics

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Who? Me?
Who? Me?
Politics

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Jul 14, 2022

Watching Paint Dry

A handful of English expressions have always had the ability to start my imagination. Many such expressions exist of course in French, as rich, as evocative. Yet, as I slot the precisely relevant expression at the exact correct point, it kicks off for me more than an hyperbole, saying or…

Warhammer 40 K

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Watching Paint Dry
Watching Paint Dry
Warhammer 40 K

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Jun 29, 2022

I Have… No Dream

Many Universal Threats, But Where Is the Universal Vision? — We stopped voting. We actively avoid news. We don’t read. Don’t we care anymore? Maybe. Unlikely though. It could possibly be just a matter of era. A generational mood. Despondent, blasé times. When we don’t blame the leadership, we blame the tools. The tools could be media, it certainly is…

Vision

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I Have… No Dream
I Have… No Dream
Vision

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May 29, 2022

The World before The World Before

March 2020. A weather so balmy, yet most of us locked up. It did not take long before many came up with grand plans for the future. All would be well in the “world after”. Certainly, a sound intellectual exercise during an enforced pause in our life plans. At least…

WWI

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The World before The World Before
The World before The World Before
WWI

8 min read

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