Michael Morris

Interestingly, I'd remembered the L P Hartley quote as 'The past is another country, etc..', when in fact he says 'foreign country'. Still, I suppose what applies to the past applies even more obviously to other countries.

I learned just the other day that in the vanguard of the anti-Semitic campaign against Dreyfus in France in the 1890s was a weekly called Free Speech (La Libre parole).

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

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Firle Beacon, October 2020

Seaford Head, October 2016

It's odd to think that, at 45, Kemi Badenoch is one of the very youngest Tory voters of all.

Smoke behind Rodmell, October 2015

Wilmington Hill from by Bo-Peep chalk pit, two days ago

It doesn't seem to be stated explicitly, but I think the key thing is this: which type a verb is doesn't seem to depend on its surface form (the spelling or pronunciation of the present, e.g.).

A quick scout around suggests that there are basically two types of verb: those that change the vowel in the past tense (like 'grow'), and those which add 't' or 'ed' at the end (like 'glow'). I think the first is older, and there's a tendency to shift from the first to the second.

I'm afraid it's not specific to UCL, despite the presence of Bentham's body there. We had the same system at Sussex quite a few years ago. You're just lucky you were able to hold out so long.

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Electricity substation, Ripe, October 2021

This detailed demolition of @gullyfoyleuk.bsky.social's "75 Brexit Benefits" by @alanbeattie.bsky.social deserves wider circulation.

Intellectual garbage disposal is a valuable public service!

I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it.
These cannot both be true. /1

Lol!

Ah, a place name? (And a contemporary philosopher?)

The Sarsen Stone, Flagstaff Point, September 2018

Not really by my reckoning, though he did write a life of Hobbes!

I thought Aubrey.

BW, I imagine.

17th Century, I think.

Bo-Peep chalk pit, October 2020

Thank you to The Royal Institute of Philosophy (@triphilosophy.bsky.social) and the department of Philosophy @sussex.ac.uk for the invitation to speak at this exciting event next week 🎙️💡🤖

Seaford Head from Newhaven, October 2024

Glynde Reach, the Ouse, and the sea, from Mount Caburn, October 2019

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Piddinghoe Pond, yesterday