A life less written

Writing has always been a passion of mine, indulged by both reading and writing fiction and poetry. And although I never pursued a career in science, I retain an interest in astronomy, particle physics and weird mathematics. I don’t pretend to understand the world...

A Pagan Christmas

Some say Christmas died when we forgot its pagan past. Others that it happened when beer supplanted cheer, and present no longer came sandwiched between past and future, but arrived instead in a package labelled Xbox. Although I believe it was when they first caught...

Patrick White

I am reading The Vivisector, by Patrick White. I wonder if this book would ever have been published in today’s environment? What with Show not Tell, punchy starts, sex, violence and Celebrity – darling, don’t ya think Patrick would have remained in...