Blade runner 2021
Imaginary friends get real. Things are very exciting in our retirement complex. I had never imagined when Thomas and I moved into this apartment four years ago that we would …
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Which way does digital point?
How did we end up here? Midwife to the Internet, Tim Berners-Lee, called his vision for the web “utopian.” He wanted it to be a place where all people had …
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Environmentalism is a self-harming meme
Zero carbon in the foreseeable is as daft as it is dangerous. Depending on the extent to which social media has infused your life, a meme is a non-hereditary behaviour …
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What is corruption?
After all, it’s hard to bite the hand that feeds you. As a teenager, I recall my father informing me that to make real money you need to be close …
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Double parked
Two cars yet nowhere to go. But how did she get where she is? Lockdown has certainly left everyone frazzled. I have been trying to get on with writing my …
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Biden: his time
The US is lusty and demanding for the future. But can it keep it up? The good news is that Biden, so far, is not your typical machine Democrat who …
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What’s love got to do with it?
Broken trust has to be fixed. Frances Coppola explains why there is no substitute. The foundation of human society is trust. Right from the start of their lives, humans trust …
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Hip to the beat
Pride after a fall. I am recuperating at home under Thomas’s care. The book I began a few months ago is on hold. I have little to distract me from …
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Ongoing, massive Ttrump
Maybe Trump TV will troll Biden nightly and present endless “I was robbed,” conspiracy theories on the 2020 election. Alternatively, reports suggest Trump will start Trump 2024 on inauguration …
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The Mint is listening to… Sophie Adamson 21, Third Year Economics and Philosophy
Before coming to university, I wanted to study a degree which could teach me as much as possible about the world. In sixth form, my friends and I had witnessed …
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