The smell of old age

I love the way that certain smells can instantly transport you into a multi-sense recollection of somewhere you’ve been (I usually get smell, sight and sound: a real rush). However, having bought some Flexitol Heel Balm to avoid cracked heels (my father used to...

Lovely phone mast story

Phone mast provider to residents: OK, we’ll turn off the mast to see if any of your symptoms could be caused by it (Headaches, nausea, tinnitus, dry burning itchy skins, gastric imbalances and totally disrupted sleep patterns).Residents: well about time...

Deliberative polling

I like this idea of taking people aside and have them think through issues in depth. I doubt we’ll have the same level of input into this year’s general election.

Pragmatic environmentalism

Whole Earth Discipline has some interesting non-mainstream views on what we might actually have to do to rein in and reverse the damage to the environment we have already caused. I particularly liked the idea that agriculture is possibly the most non-natural thing we...