Colin Bower
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The tragedy of following leaders
Sixty million people were butchered, burnt, blown apart, starved or otherwise reduced to dust in the two great conflagrations of the 20th Century.
The meaning of meaning
Life is a search for meaning – the meaning of existence, for instance. But what chance do we have of ever answering the big questions
Thinking about thinking
Are we responsible for our own thoughts? For most people the intuitive answer will be “yes, of course we are, for if not, who or
Have a Shandy
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, an 18th century comic novel, read only by a few devoted aficionados of the bizarre, might seem
ARC error: why we should reject Peterson’s call to self-sacrifice
Bliss, wrote Wordsworth, was it in that dawn to be alive. It is similarly bliss to be alive in the time of the Trumpian cultural
Challenging the racism/colonialism narrative (1899-2025) – Part 3
This not a revisionist history, nor is it a work of scholarship; it is a brief polemic. It intends no exculpation for wrong-doing and it
Colonialists by accident: Challenging the racism/colonialism narrative (1806-1899) – Part 2
This not a revisionist history, nor is it a work of scholarship; it is a brief polemic. It intends no exculpation for wrong-doing and it
Challenging the racism/colonialism narrative (1652 – 1795) – Part 1
This not a revisionist history, nor is it a work of scholarship; it is a brief polemic. It intends no exculpation for wrong-doing and it