Love and Philosophy
I had the pleasure of being Andrea Hiott’s guest on her Love and Philosophy podcast talking about Global philosophy.
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Every Little Helps?
What’s the point of doing a sponsored walk, or even voting? On the supposed irrationality of small acts in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter.
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ZOE and personalised nutrition
On the Guardian Science Weekly podcast with academic dietician Dr Nicola Guess and ZOE’s Sarah Berry.
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Inside the mind of a Nimby
Nimbyism is too often reduced to its negative sides: metathesiophobia (fear of change) and xenophobia (fear of strangers). But these fears are arguably the flipsides of what the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton called “oikophilia”: the love of home.
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Questions of character
I used to play five-a-side football with Keir Starmer. Although this might sound like a pathetic attempt to show that[…]
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