Category Archives: Human intolerance

In the Face of the Unknowable

Posted on May 5, 2021 by besonian

The highest that man can attain is Wonder…. (Goethe) Then wonder – that the wonder of these things is a mirror to the innermost you.

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But what can I do?

Posted on May 14, 2020 by besonian

There is at this time – not surprisingly – in the blogosphere, in the newspapers, the TV and radio news, a whole lot of talk about fear on the one hand, and on the other – hope. The hope is … Continue reading →

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A seed of hope?

Posted on April 29, 2020 by besonian

Some months ago, for a blog which I never published, I wrote the following – “We’re in a mess, aren’t we? An even bigger mess than the one we were in a year or two ago. And we don’t seem … Continue reading →

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13/15 February 1945

Posted on February 15, 2020 by besonian

The other day, I listened to an interview, recorded very recently, with a British man, now over 100 years old – a prisoner of war I suspect – who was caught up in the bombing of the German city of … Continue reading →

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Listen to the Birds

Posted on January 20, 2020 by besonian

I will remember the December just gone as having been mostly grey and grim. And wet. On many days, in the little park below my kitchen window, the leaden skies seemed to hang so low they could hardly have been … Continue reading →

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So – we’ve remembered

Posted on November 14, 2018 by besonian

Dateline – 1105, on the morning of 11 November 2018. So – here in London, England it’s gone eleven, and we’ve ‘Remembered’. Now we’ll go out and sell more guns and bombs to Saudi. And to anyone else who’ll listen. … Continue reading →

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Making a mess, aren’t we?

Posted on May 9, 2018 by besonian

We’re making a mess of this, aren’t we? After thousands of years of conflict, we – the human race – are still at it. One nation argues with another, drops bombs on another. (What, in the final analysis, is a … Continue reading →

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Great Britain’s finest hour. Not.

Posted on March 13, 2016 by besonian

I’m not sure how to begin this. It’s not easy. It’s not easy because I’m ashamed. I’m ashamed of the British. And I’m one of them – born and bred here. This period in our history will surely be written … Continue reading →

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