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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…