You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality. less than 1 minute read
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. less than 1 minute read
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits. less than 1 minute read
I start thinking about life after death. I’ve got to quit thinking about it because it’s very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don’t feel like you want to be alive, so I don’t like to get all quiet. less than 1 minute read
What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy. less than 1 minute read
So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. less than 1 minute read
I’m not on the run from anything and I’m not at all clear about what I’m running towards. But as some great writer put it, I want to be certain that when I arrive at death, I’m totally exhausted. less than 1 minute read
Planning to play: that’s what saving for retirement is today - and it is antithetical to the nature of play, fully within the definition of work, and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death. less than 1 minute read
I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve’s character’s emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan’s death, which I thought was exploitative. less than 1 minute read
