by Jack Barrow | Aug 2, 2019 | Pop Philosophy
Since the announcement of Rutger Hauer’s death last week there’s been a lot of comment about his part in Blade Runner. I’ve not heard much said about his very surreal Guinness adverts though. I’m sure, at the time, I remember hearing that they...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 2, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Pop Philosophy, Publishing, Travelogue, Writing
“After a coffee I ended up in Ely Cathedral. I find cathedrals quite difficult to resist and Ely Cathedral, at 5.30 on a bank holiday afternoon, has very little competition. I also have a bit of a thing for meditating in cathedrals although I’m not very good at...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 14, 2018 | Media, Non Fiction, Pop Philosophy, Science, Travelogue, Writing
Tim Peake was on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning answering the question of, “Was the universe designed by a higher intelligence?” This was the way the question was posed to Britain’s latest astronaut by the BBC’s Justin Webb. Tim Peak’s Soyuz capsule is...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 8, 2014 | General Silliness, Magic, Magick, Pop Philosophy
This is something I wrote when I was recently asked to contribute to the Huffington Post Weird News, but apparently it was too weird for them; then again it’s not really news. It’s just a bit of nonsense really. According to physics we might be living in a...
by Jack Barrow | Jul 10, 2013 | Non Fiction, Pop Philosophy, Publishing, Travelogue, Writing
I’ve finally started working on the manuscript for the book of the great travelogue tour. So far I’ve got 39 documents of rough notes that need a lot of editing. The plan is to put another layer of thoughts over the top using ideas that developed later...
by Jack Barrow | Jun 23, 2012 | General Blog, Pop Philosophy, Thoughts and Observations
This appeared on Facebook a little while ago. Interestingly BBC Radio 4 just broadcast a dramatisation of Zen the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (one of my favourite books) and it seems strangely apposite. I’ve read the book a couple of times...
