• Do we desire the AI Hallucination?: A...

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    5th May 2026

    (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) But sometimes, on the contrary, it is necessary to make holes, to introduce voids and white spaces, to rarify the image, by suppressing many...
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  • Creative Reading

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    7th April 2026

    (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) There are two ways of reading a book. You can read it to understand what the author says with it. Or you can read it to see what you can do with...
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  • That 5:11am train to Oxford

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    31st March 2026

    (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) It was still dark when I got on the train to Oxford. Still half asleep, my eyes wouldn’t stay open. As it happens when I am moody for a lack of...
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  • Photo challenge winners from the PESGB...

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    23rd March 2026

    In the lead up to to the 61st annual PESGB conference, New College, University of Oxford, Friday 27th March - Sunday 29th March 2026, below are the winners of the photo competition from last year's...
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  • Attention, Love, and the Good: Towards...

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    20th March 2026

    (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) It is almost a tautology to describe the Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (henceforth, SEND) system in England as in crisis. For many...
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  • Adam Smith and Education for the Good:...

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    10th March 2026

    (The Muir portrait, circa 1800, unknown author. Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) Society for Adam Smith functions like a mirror, and the learning process takes...
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  • Adam Smith and Education for the Good:...

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    10th March 2026

    (The Muir portrait, circa 1800, unknown author. Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) The context in which Adam Smith was working is important for understanding his...
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  • Adam Smith and Education for the Good:...

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    10th March 2026

    (The Muir portrait, circa 1800, unknown author. Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) Adam Smith recognized the need for education to play a role in counteracting...
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  • Adam Smith and Education for the Good:...

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    10th March 2026

    (The Muir portrait, circa 1800, unknown author. Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) The competitive nature of commercial activity in markets can produce...
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  • The Creative Vocabulary

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    2nd March 2026

     (Drawing hands, M. C. Esher, 1948) “Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. That is the first principle of existentialism.” – Jean-Paul Sartre (1989) One of the most...
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  • Adam Smith and Education for the Good:...

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    19th February 2026

    (The Muir portrait, circa 1800, unknown author. Wikimedia Commons) (Above is an audio recording of the blog post) 2026 will see the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s The...
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  • When Questions Are Held Rather Than...

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    2nd February 2026

    Philosopher Lani Watson, whose work follows the life of questions, suggests that anyone wishing to understand their role should begin with a basic inquiry: What is a question? She looks to...
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