by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | English History, History
The Fight at Finnesburg took place at Finn’s stronghold in Frisia. All we can guess from the Finnesburg Fragment and the episode in Beowulf is that Finnesburg was a defended hall with a settlement around it, and that it was cut off from ships by winter ice. The...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Ethics, Philosophy
We all know, especially those of us who work in business or are interested in equal rights (or both), how unconscious bias is supposed to work. There is a tranche of rhetoric and dogma which says that people – by this we usually mean white men, are innately...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | On Writing
In my decade in the professional writing business, I have been a humble writer, a less humble one, an editor, a commissioner, a manager, and an outreach consultant. I’ve worked pretty much every angle in print and digital media across the world from Japan to America,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Ethics, Philosophy
No, we should not try to make everyone normal. Firstly, it is subjective to determine what normal is anyway – is it the majority? the average? Furthermore, it impinges on the basic human rights to force others to conform to an arbitrary standard or definition of...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Ponderings
Last night I watched a documentary on BBC4 about mapping the universe. It was an interesting programme and reminded me of a conversation I had with a Japanese friend before Christmas about astrophysics. All I can say is a lot has changed since my Astronomy GCSE in...
