Thought for the day: Montaigne on moderation
“All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.”
Archive of entries posted by rhanrott
Light relief
On Tuesday I went to the Hospital of St. John & St. Elizabeth in London for an MRI scan. Firstly, I had to fill in a medical form. That’s understandable. What was quite incomprehensible was that a standard piece of information printed on the form for the benefit of the MRI operator was: VIP? In …
Good conversation
These days we communicate as much as possible through email and text. We justify this on the basis of efficiency. The idea seems to be that, since we can edit our messages, we can be more “ourselves” and make sure we say things “just right.” We now interact in the same manner face-to-face: we say something, …
Pared-back living and the modern male
I uneasily venture into a realm that seems utterly foreign to me……. An essay in Toronto Life by a 31-year-old named “Tony” who earns $130,000 a year, lives at home with his parents and proudly forgoes material possessions in order to spend his money on “wild, rare, unforgettable experiences”. His boasts about drinking fine wines …
Are the English anti-Irish again?
Teresa May’s pay-off of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, in return for support for the deeply dovided and non- functional Conservatives in parliament, is not popular anywhere, and there are claims that it is stirring up old anti- Irish prejudices. One thing I learned when I was doing consulting in Northern Ireland was …