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Vote to keep the weirdos out
Yesterday I was left feeling depressed at what I saw as hideous bias in the coverage of the upcoming local elections. Very late, I knew what I wanted to happen and feared it was probably too late How to warn people about votin...
Three poets and a music-maker: Creating a website
It is now nearly a year since I became involved in a music-making project. The music is generated by an AI system by one member of a small team.This may become a more common approach to generating music which also has implications fo...
Life is Sadness, life's a Bitch
Life is sadness, life’s a bitchI thought it might be interesting to record an audiotape about the origins of a song currently being worked on by music-making colleague GM Jon.Sometimes you can trace an idea to some starting event....
Natural talent and its weaknesses
I came across a splendid analysis of the weakness of relying on natural talent, in a piece published in the Quora website. The author publishes under the title Halftime Legend.It makes sense, and may even contribute to the deb...
Brexit Rap: Where do new ideas come from?
Where do new ideas come from? To compensate for my abysmal failure in steps per day, (according to my distance walked App) I resort to the treadmill at my local gym. Recently, the experience was weird. My pounding ...
The Houdini tactic: An invaluable rescue weapon for the club player
Written and narrated by Tudor Rickards I cannot claim to have invented the Houdini tactic in chess. However, I hinted at it in one of my least successful books, The Double Houdini. As will become obvious, the tactic does...
The Dark Side of the Augusta Masters Golf Championship
Every year, the masters golf championship at Augusta, Georgia gets worldwide television coverage. The traditions are well-known, including ritual acceptance by the winner of the iconic green jacket, handed over by last year‘s winner. <...
A late-night Trump rant against his enemies
Donald Trump, in the midst of saving the world, finds time to excoriate his multiple enemies in a classic late-night rant on Truth Social...
Lewis Goodall: Where did it all go wrong?
Listeners to this podcast will be aware that I have borrowed its title from a recent Channel 4 documentary entitled Kier Starmer: where did it all go wrong. The broadcast triggered off a storm of criticism of its presenter Lew...
Grandfather's Clock, by Henry C. Work
A rendition of poem based on a favourite in the days of radio broadcasting by the BBC. With some help from tennis partners this morning (Lindsay, Neil, and Gordon) we reassembled what we believe to be the first lines of the poem, and quickly tr...
Newt Gingrich solves the Strait of Hormuz problem
In the middle of the fantasy politics show starring Donald Trump, it was good for us to be reminded of some of the eccentric politicians that had recently departed the scene.One such figure was former speaker of the House of Representati...
The war of words: Donald Trump v Iran
Eze Kingsley Ohaji posts on X about financial and political matters @ohajielom. His creative description of the war against Iran deserves wide circulation.Trump: Open the Strait in 48 hours or I strike your power pla...
A Woman's History, by W.H.Davies
A WOMAN’S HISTORYby W H DaviesWhen Mary Price was five years oldAnd had a bird that died She laid its body under flowers;And called her friends to pray to God,...
Mourinho Matters: A study in charismatic leadership
In my book Mourinho Matters I take Jose Mourinho as a case example of a charismatic leader. I will draw on the account as described in the book. I have selected an exerpt of the occasions when I was embarrassingly misunderstoo...
Leaders we Deserve: Making Sense of Donald Trump
In this podcast, I’m taking the approach which I found useful in introducing graduate level workshops on creativity and leadership.I would invite the Group to share their understanding of a current leadership issue and then discussing it...
Staying on the Wagon, and other interesting English sayings
David Atherton is a scholarly contributor to X He explains that he has became increasingly disillusioned with his reach on X, and decided to write about stuff he likes.You can follow David on X , where he publishes as @DaveAt...
A product in a bottle. How to turn ideas into new products
My topic for today is developing a plan for successful innovation.The subject is one which continues to attract attention, and books continue to be published offering various approaches some with more outrageous claims than others.
Keith, the eco Goat
The adventures of Keith have attracted a faithful following on X. His biographer Sama Holle has chronicled the adventures of a range of eco-friendly animals on a farm, but I am only reporting on a day in the life of Keith as summari...
Things you didn't know about St David's day
As a long-time exile from Wales, I have to confess that my grasp of the language is pretty bad. So much so that I struggle even to follow the commentary in Welsh of rugby games on SC4.At the present time, this might be regarded as ...
Politics in England's Green and pleasant land ...
Overnight, a sensational political event. A resurgent Green Party wins a by-election in a close contest against the right wing Reform party and against the Government, the traditional party of the Left in England...
The Topsy Effect: Revising the acknowledgments for a new edition of a text book
Reflections on the difficulties experienced in revising the acknowledgements section for the fourth edition of a textbook.