Category: david gillespie

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken (Cornerstone Press, 2023)

Jan 3, 2024

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in Anti-ageing, Chris van Tulleken, david gillespie, health, Jules Clancy food, nutrition, sarah wilson, sustainable living, Ultra-processed food, Why do we all eat stuff that isn’t food and why can’t we stop?

Definitions of Tragedy When I mentioned in my last blog that everyone inevitably suffers tragedy, that’s not quite correct – some people do escape it – because tragedy refers to untimely death. The death of parents, even though it might feel tragic to their children, is not a tragedy (unless those children were really young)…
Tenderly caressing sentences

Jun 13, 2018

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in Common Good, david gillespie, John Clanchy, K.a. Nelson, Poetry books, psychopaths, Short stories

Three favourite books I’m always driven by curiosity and apart from work these past few weeks I’ve been spreading my brain too thinly across a vast variety of stimulating books. In the time it takes to write a blog I could have read another book or two. With so many fascinating books piled up –…