Travel
Reflections on travel, geography, and history.
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Four empires, one square
2,500 years of Athenian empire and colonisation compete with cheap tourist trash. Travel was the winner on the day.
You are who you aren't anymore
Straddling the ravioli ravine with a Nashville musician to wonder about the cost of becoming yourself.
Mycenae
If you're going to make your brother eat his kids' flesh, expect a run of family murders and eventual ruin, no matter how strong your city walls are.
Philosophy 101
Three wise men, three empty historic sites, one upturned rubbish bin
Delphi
Getting high as balls to tell the future (spoiler alert: the future is on fire)
Grief, family and temporary communities
Do we all need our own Fight Club, to navigate the insanity of life, death and dysfunction?
Knitting
Six terrific books to add to your pile, a reflection on why you're probably a disproportionate asshole in your relationships and a hopeful note on AI in a late-capitalist wasteland.