Not what it seems

Now that the England football team has exchanged sand for snow, it’s high time I revisited the matter I addressed … More

Caveat lector

As a long-term subscriber to more than one magazine, I’m perennially fascinated by the phenomenon of journalism. The conclusion I’ve … More

Sport is good at throwing up very public examples of the human brain in action. The recently ended World Cup … More

Now that spring is here and the clocks have gone forward, it’s time for a break from blogging. I’ve been … More

I once visited a place in southern Italy called Paestum, which used to be a major Greek settlement long before … More

One of the more curious mental phenomena in Old Bunyard’s Philosophick Fables is the one covered by the 92nd Fable, … More

My 37th Fable, ‘The Foolish Monkeys’, concerns superstition. It tells the story of a group of simians who decide to … More

The biggest celebrity story of the week was probably Katy Perry’s Brit Awards protest. I admit that I know little … More

Asked for his opinion of ‘Old Bunyard’s Philosophick Fables’, a psychology professor recently offered a compliment and some suggestions before … More

I recently watched a surprisingly good 1950 movie called ‘Three Came Home’, concerning the real-life experiences of an American journalist … More