I once took an exam in which I had to write an essay on the connection between intelligence and eccentricity. I argued that wisdom and foolishness are often closer than we think but the trouble was I had no actual evidence to prove my point. So, in the true spirit of every student who has …
I did my back in this week. On Monday I went for a run and I was fine. On Tuesday I went climbing with my son Silas and I was fine. And then, suddenly, I wasn’t. I don’t know exactly what I did, but when I sat down I found I couldn’t stand up. Getting …
Love is hard to pin down. A recent study of married couples tied loving and being loved in to ideas of happiness, contentment and wellness. Which, confusingly, all turn out all to be different things. The New Testament has four ways of thinking about love; as affection, friendship, charity and erotic attraction. Clearly, it can’t …