Tag: Death

I love you Bess.

15 May 2015

My darling dog Bess came to the end of her well lived life yesterday. I tried to tell her many times, and I hope she knew: I love you Bess. She's buried where we often used to walk her, above Glossop, where the pine trees catch the wind that sweeps across the moor and a […]

Describing the monsters under my bed.

10 March 2015

I want to describe one of the monsters under my bed – one of the things that keeps me awake at night. I don't believe describing the monster will make it disappear, but I hope it may help you understand how I'm feeling about something I've barely mentioned. In 2007, I wrote this article about […]

Aaron Swartz

13 January 2013

The recent death of Aaron Swartz has saddened of me, and many other people. This is the guy who at 14, wrote part of the original RSS spec, was an early programmer at reddit, and was deeply passionate about the things he believed in. Aaron was someone I'd have been glad to meet – he […]

War. Peace. Who remembers them?

10 November 2012

Note: Graphic links are clearly marked How many wars can you remember your country being involved in since you were born? For me, I can count at least five conflicts that my country has been involved in – I'm not a great historian and I'm pretty sure there are other places where we have deployed our […]

Death: a free trial, but no one cancels.

2 November 2012

Warning: Brutally frank words. If you've recently suffered from tragic loss, you may prefer to read something else. I consider myself very lucky; I think that's largely because I'm young, and because I'm alive. Those two things are a pretty winning combination in themselves – generally people who are alive, have some time to enjoy […]