“The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct time scales. To survive means to compete successfully on all six time scales. But the unit of survival is different at each of the six… Read More ›
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Vida Winter in ‘The Thirteenth Tale’ by Diane Setherfield
“Our lives are so important to us that we tend to think the story of them begins with our birth. First there was nothing, then I was born…yet that is not so. Human lives are not pieces of string that… Read More ›
Diane Setterfield in ‘The Thirteenth Tale’
“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 