This post is linked from the main post for A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity Pasted below is the Table of Contents for Story’s ‘biography’. (Unfortunately, I do not have here the beautiful Aldine type that we chose
An Introduction to Story’s ‘Biography’
This post is linked from the main post for A Biography of Story, A Brief History of Humanity Pasted below is the introductory section to Story’s ‘biography’. (Unfortunately, I do not have here the beautiful Aldine type that we chose for
Do you know your ‘bilas’ from your ‘asgras’?

We all want to be ‘travellers’ rather than ‘tourists’. One way to achieve this is to show the cultural courtesy of learning a few phrases of the local language. And to join in the laughter with good grace when we
More Visual Inspiration
The first blog post of visual inspiration was so popular that I decided to construct another one. We have evolved to understand the world as stories, so if we gaze at a picture long enough with our whole attention, we can
St Valentine for Curmudgeons
Are you swept along in the plastic-wrapped romance of St Valentine’s Day, or are you a curmudgeon who sees it only as yet another marketing ploy to sever you from your hard-earned cash? St Valentine himself had little to do