“The moment my brain got a moment’s rest, ‘Hamilton’ walked into it”
“It’s no accident that the best idea I’ve ever had in my life — perhaps maybe the best one I’ll ever have in my life — came to
“nobody knows what is going to happen but everyone can explain it afterwards”
Britain cannot leave Europe any more than Piccadilly Circus can leave London. Europe is where we are, and where we will remain. Britain has always been a European
Waiting for the Weekend – The Atlantic
[G. K.] Chesterton argued that a man compelled by lack of choice or by social pressure to play golf when he would rather be attending to some solitary
“The police, army and refugees could agree” that they “all dreaded a day without internet”
This is a heck of a story: Kevin MacRitchie surveyed the inferno spreading across Diavata refugee camp. From his vantage point on the roof, where he had been
“more than any exotic destination, stillness appears to be the elusive luxury of our age”
The ancient Romans believed in generous vacations: They took sightseeing tours for two to five years at a time. In more recent centuries, Europeans of means and faint
Boyd Varty on lions, rest, and the wisdom of nature
Boyd Varty, the South African writer and conservationist, talks about lions and rest in the the latest TED Radio Hour podcast (starts around 26 minutes in): I grew
Something else to look forward to when the 1% get even more: Human sacrifice
Anthropologists and historians have put forward the ‘social control hypothesis’ of human sacrifice. According to this theory, sacrificial rites served as a function for social elites. Human sacrifice
Science of Us on the virtues of naps
It’s a rare thing indeed when something fun also happens to be good for you. Fried food, alcohol, sitting in front of the TV for long stretches at
Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what
Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by the belief in the virtuousness of work,