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Philosopher (emeritus prof) of language, art, and metaphysics, plus Plato and Wittgenstein. Also interested in music, visual art, photography, and walking (when fit).
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Mount Caburn and Beddingham Hill, February 2019

BREAKING: Critic magazine proprietor Lord Kronsteen announces an important change of direction for the SKETCH.

Eastbourne, February 2017

Seaford Head, February 2023

Wonderful one from Finn Hopson.

Mitch McConnell on the Ukraine war: "Blame for this human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin … If Russian forces laid down their arms, Europe would be at peace. If Ukrainian forces laid down theirs, Putin's aims would not stop … Mistaking this fact is as embarrassing as it is costly."

Langtye Lane, Ripe, February 2024

The Seven Sisters and Belle Tout, February 2019

Flood water below Alfriston, February 2015

Berwick church, February 2019

Seven Sisters, February 2019

19 February 1912 | A Dutch Jew, Mozes de Wolf, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 21 October 1942 in a transport of 1,327 Jews deported from Westerbork. No. 69666 He perished in the camp on 17 February 1943, two days before his 31st birthday.

Eastbourne, February 2020

18 February 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Ginette Luftman, was born in Paris. She arrived at Auschwitz on 21 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

CFP for a special issue of Synthese on hinge epistemology, deadline 1st of April (which I presume means they're open to joke papers)

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/107905-...

dailynous.com/2025/02/18/p...

Firle Beacon and Firle Tower, February 2024

These problems (both political and economic) are soluble..

Southease church, February 2018

Seaford Head, this last week

Glynde church, February 2018

Bostal Hill, February 2020

Firle Beacon from the Glyndebourne ridge, February 2023

The incomparable Kate Lister (@k8lister.bsky.social): "I am old enough to remember when it was important for a university to just have a history department and somewhere to study literature, and I’m not that old."

St Thomas à Becket and Harvey's brewery, Lewes, this morning

The MIT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a growing resource, expertly edited and designed, with high quality contributors (OK OK I am one of them) oecs.mit.edu

Reeds at Itford, February 2020

Seaford, February 2018

Piddinghoe Pond and Itford Hill, yesterday

8 February 1873 | A Polish Jew, Mosiek Najmiller, was born in Opoczno. Tailor. He emigrated to Belgium. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 14 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Malines / Mechelen. After selection, he was murdered in a gas chamber.

Alfriston, February 2023

Ashdown Forest, yesterday

So we have the answer to an old question: ipsi custodes, apparently. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

6 February 1903 | A Czech Jewish woman, Olga Pollakova, was born in Těšín. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.