THE MARBLE ANGELThe school library has a row of narrow windows from ceiling to floor on both sides with back-to-back shelves of textbooks in the centre…Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2021
THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESS — AN INTERPRETATIONI have decided to experiment with story writing. I don’t know why this occurred to me. Nor do I know where the stories come from. I have…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESSI’m sitting by the sash window nearest to the teacher’s lectern, looking up at him. Its panes are old and tired, dimmed with dust, like…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
UNFORTUNATE EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR LESSONSGiven its government’s recent actions, New Zealand may seem an unlikely nation to look to for effective ways to combat State tyranny. A…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
THE FOOTBALL PROGRAMMEI ran into a piece of my past in a place I’d never been. Pressed in a tatty box, in a creaking antique shop, buried under an archway in a…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
IN PRAISE OF SCEPTICISM“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” Albert EinsteinJan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
THE UNFORGIVABLE NEGLIGENCE OF AMATEURSCost benefit analysis is the bedrock of any competent business decision-making, as everyone who watches Dragon’s Den or is studying for…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE MUST INCLUDE DECISION-MAKING TOOSince the government insists that science is our best weapon against ‘the pandemic’, it is surely only reasonable to expect their…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
WHAT SORT OF SCIENCE ARE WE FOLLOWING?“… have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?”Dec 20, 2020Dec 20, 2020
THE VANDALISM OF MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICSNadine Montgomery has diabetes and is of small build. While pregnant she asked her doctor repeatedly if her baby’s size would be a risk if…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
