Nicholas Bate

100 Words

And when we reflect and ask: who were the rogues? The politicians? No, as always with Plan B, they had never thought it would happen. They trusted the scientists. Ahh, so the scientists? No. We thought all science was like school science: absolute, Newtonian and Cartesian. But in reality it’s as uncertain as an essay by Heisenberg. So who then? The media. They who chased click-for-catastrophe. They who peddled hyperbole. They who harangued with ‘gotcha’ questions so nobody could think. They who failed to realise that in the quest for The Story they lost the plot for us all.

Brave New World 13

Dare to craft a list of simple pleasures to return to after full-on lock-down.

A list of 101 will do nicely.

Brave New World 12

Now is not the time for PowerPoint shuffling.

Talk, agree actions, execute said actions. 

Just say NO to PPT

One for Many Lunch-Breaks

5h of iPhone footage through Russia’s amazing Hermitage museum. 
Take tea and sandwiches.

Brave New World 11

In a lock-down world. In a media-driven clicks-for-catastrophe world. In a world where the church is closed and solace comes from re-runs of Friends, ensure your children do not just wash their hands but use them.

Their dexterity is part of their cognitive development. Bake bread, paint bold and throw ball (even if soft-ball in the corridor).

Monday Melange 7

Post Covid Business Essentials.

Redundancy

Hunter-Gatherer 21C

Manage that career

Be Bold 101

Lock-down goals.

BE out of the box

Life Reminder 33

Go walk, go think, go come back and have coffee and write.

 

Sunday Play-list Assembly

Quiz

The Blogger’s Rule

Explained here.

Life Reminder 32

As many a smart captive has shown. And survived. And even thrived.

The real cell is the mind.

Look up. Look wide. Look deep. Look beyond. Question.