In which I have a chat with an AI about a recent trip to Belgium, with illustrations conjured by a different AI whilst waiting in the Brussels Eurostar departure lounge. They’re playing a game of Frisian handball in the Grand Place in Brussels, is that common? Frisian handball is a game that is commonly played …
Lately, I’ve started to appreciate how dependent I am on a side quest to help boost creative energy. They come in many different forms but the key criteria for any side quest is that it should be tangential, of uncertain outcome and ideally include a companion to help you chart a new part of the …
Wetlands, grottoes, rural remediation, extremophiles, methanogenesis, will o’the wisp, flora, fauna, funga, fenlands and the sublime. Retreat! Re-peat! The sunken land begins to rise again* The Fens, Norfolk – endless sky and sunken landscape, drained for agriculture and taxes, a common land divided by channels and dykes. A future victim of greater human intervention: climate …
Raising teenagers