Distraction Therapy – What is a Meaningful Life?
Occasionally as we journey through life we reach a fork in the road presenting us with a choice. Do we go one way along the […]
Metamodernism
Radio LEAR – Purpose and Objectives
If all goes to plan, Radio LEAR will be launching as a new community radio station in Leicester soon. Radio LEAR – which stands for […]
Distraction Therapy 080 – 2022 Review
In our final podcast of 2022, Ryan and I met for a coffee and chatted about how we are coping during the festive season, what […]
Distraction Therapy 079 – Literary Leicester
It was really nice to have a coffee this morning with Jonathan Taylor and Paul Whitehead, who are based at the University of Leicester’s Centre […]
Distraction Therapy 078 – Dafydd Roberts Listen to the Voice of Fire
Today I chatted with Dafydd Roberts, about Listen to the Voice of Fire, Dafydd’s music project that encompasses sound art and experimental music performances. Since […]
Emergent Communities
I was reflecting the other evening on the journey I’ve been on, and which I can now say encompasses the better part of my life […]
Distraction Therapy 077 – Inspiration Beyond the Merch
For the first time in ages, Ryan and I met up to chat and discuss what we’ve been up to for the Distraction Therapy podcast. […]
Unpicking the British Cult of Narcissism
It is a truism in politics that the people get the leaders they deserve. This must mean that the British people – well, the English […]
Schopenhauer – The Wisdom of Life
I picked up a copy of Schopenhauer’s The Wisdom of Life, in which he outlines a number of principles for recognising and understanding how we […]
Moonage Daydream – Bowie’s Collective Individuation
On Friday, I went to the cinema to see Moonage Daydream, the film by Brett Morgen about the creative life of David Bowie. Rather than […]