I took a walk around the Jupiter Artland garden at Bonnington House last Saturday. Take a look…… In the gallery next to the ticket office amongst other exhibits there’s this This is a collection of bottles of Bach flower remedies where each label has a vertical inscription of the name of the flower used to [...]
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Jupiter Artland
Posted in art, creativity, from the dark room, photography on June 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »
not only humans go sunbathing
Posted in from the dark room, photography on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
there he was basking in the hot Provencal sun on the bonnet of the hire car……
Three Ages of Knowledge and Understanding
Posted in from the reading room, philosophy, science on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The contemporary French philosopher, Luc Ferry’s book, “What is The Good Life?” (ISBN 978-0226244532), is an interesting but quite difficult read. I’m not sure I’ve really grasped the whole of his argument, but it seems to involve developing awareness of the “singularities” in life, by which he means the unique, particular events, which draw our [...]
How extroversion improves the body’s defences
Posted in from the reading room, life, personal growth, psychology on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s an interesting study published in the journal, “Brain, Behaviour and Immunity”. In a nutshell, they’ve found a relationship between personality traits of extraversion and the levels of an inflammatory chemical in the blood (Interleukin-6). The more extraverted, the lower the levels of this chemical. Why’s that a good thing? Well, the higher levels are [...]
Iris at work
Posted in from the consulting room, health on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
….stepped out into the garden at work and look what I found! (emerveillement)
The commodification of health care
Posted in from the reading room, health on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The NHS Confederation has produced a report highlighting a potential “shortfall” in the NHS in England’s budget by 2011. I heard one of their spokeswomen on the BBC news this morning and she summarised the Confederation’s message. They are recommending more “efficiency”, better “productivity” and a reduction in the range of services offered by the [...]
The financial cost of homeopathy
Posted in from the consulting room, health on June 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Both Channel 4′s “more4news” and the NHS Confederation today contributed to the ongoing attack on homeopathy in the NHS by claiming that removing homeopathic care from the NHS would make a useful contribution to improving the NHS finances. Are they serious? According to more4news the NHS in England spent about £3.5 million pounds a year [...]
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