And what lies beyond the pursuit of always being right.
The two-ship fleet searching for the fabled Northwest Passage has hit a block, literally, a massive block of ice, damaging HMS Erebus’s propeller and cutting her efficiency by half.
It’s September 1846, and the European hunt for the illusory marine trade route has been going for nearly 350 years, since…
On Day 17 of the Tour de France (Le Tour), so close to the end of the race, a rider waits at the foot of the Col de la Madeleine to help his leader up the dramatic assent.
Jens Debusschere, former Belgian National champion, is riding for the first time…
Three ideas from David Hume, Adam Smith, and Francis Hutcheson on making a better world.
In the 18th Century, Scotland was a land without a leader. James VI of Scotland had become James I of England. The country was Crippled by debt and blighted by poverty. Scotland was a country without a parliament.
Yet out of this small country emerged a ferocious movement of innovative…
Easy tactics to add texture and dimension to your stories
When you hear the word myth, what do you think? An epic Homer text or a Euripides play? Do you think of a 10-hour Lord of The Rings trilogy? Something enormous and impenetrable. I find it daunting to think in terms of creating something that huge.
On the sixth floor of Harrods Department store in London, you can experience a half-hour consultation with master perfumer Roja Dove (that’s Roger with a j) for a respectable fee of £150. …
Have you heard the term ‘safe space? In the corporate world, it means creating an environment where everyone is free to contribute ideas without the fear of being lambasted by others about being wrong, stupid, or lacking in knowledge/experience. Writer’s groups promote the same concept.
It’s a nice concept but…
Les Mills, the New Zealand fitness group, has led the way in transforming their exercise classes from a physical to a digital experience. Now, they’ve responded to the challenge of limited travel during COVID-19 by using holograms to bring together their global team of instructors.
The effort was enormous; film…
Around 100 years before we met the serial killer Dexter in the 9 season television hit, the French novelist Émile Zola gave us Jacques Lantier. Jacques dreams of blood and killing, but unlike Dexter, his psyche is grounded in something more ancient than a traumatic childhood experience.
Have you seen the new Stella Artois ad with Lenny Kravitz? Choosing the life Artois looks tempting; watching Lenny bang on the drums is not a chore, and it’s sweltering here in London.
Yet I’m not tempted, and I do like beer.
Because years ago, when I first arrived in…
