Let’s Do It: A Course on the Philosophy of Love
It’s the beginning of March, and here in the northern hemisphere spring is springing. So what better time to launch the second Looking for Wisdom philosophy course. This one is…
A Love Letter for Myanmar
I woke up yesterday to the terrible news about the coup in Myanmar, so I wrote this piece over on Medium as a love letter to Myanmar, and to my…
Looking for Wisdom: New Philosophy Courses
On January 4th, I’ll be launching my first philosophy course via my new project, Looking for Wisdom. You can find out more about why I set up Looking for Wisdom…
Philosophers and Other Beasts
One of the fun things over the past month or so has been that I’ve been spending more time writing, as I build up the content over on my new…
Looking for Wisdom?
Yesterday, I launched Looking for Wisdom, my new philosophy project, and I’m delighted to already have a load of people signing up to get weekly doses of philosophy sent directly…
BBC Travel piece on Plovdiv and the art of making space
I’ve had a new piece published on the BBC Travel website about the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, and the subtle art of aylyak (айляк), an untranslatable Bulgarian word that captures…
Snapshots of Museum Experience in Korean
Dr. Elee Kirk’s research on children, photography and natural history museums was a thing of beauty. Elee was a natural researcher. She worked in the Oxford University Museum of Natural…
Philosophy: the arts of living, now on Soundcloud
For all you philosophers out there, I’ve now made my three month introductory philosophy course freely available on Soundcloud. The course explores the complexities of human nature, and what to…
Creative Nonfiction Course on Flatwyse
I’m really excited to be working alongside my Wind&Bones collaborator Hannah Stevens, and the brilliant team at Flatwyse, to offer a new six-week intensive class on creative nonfiction. The class…
Philosophy, a Visual Encyclopedia
Over the past few months, I’ve been working as consultant editor for Dorling Kindersley, on their forthcoming Philosophy: A Visual Encyclopedia. It’s been an enormously fun project to be involved…
