BUMP-TIOUS SCIENCE
In relation to over-certainty, phrenology, a long abandoned discipline, is a cogent reminder of ‘bumptious’ science. From Julian Barnes, final book ‘DEPARTURE[S]‘:
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may come suddenly
Ruichlachrie, Glen Bruar
DEPARTURE[S]
Julian Barnes final book. To be aired on BBC FOUR, 26 March 2026:
Some lessons
The words of: A S Byatt, Anne Tyler, Anthony Doerr, Candia McWilliam, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel García Márquez, Janice Galloway, John Macmurray, Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Raymond … Continue reading Some lessons
Flight of ideas
Squiggles Prosody (when and now) Syntax (arranged) Grammar (not to be silly) Punctuation (all in the timing) Peter DLROW being confident is not ‘me’. the lack of is my making Capture … Continue reading Flight of ideas
Evidence is always partial
To play this short film please click here. Credits: Hilary Mantel, Jorge Luis Borges, Petula Clark, Crowded House and James Boyd [14 Scotland Street]
Do not forget
As published in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Friday 1 April 1892.
Over-certainty and over-confidence
An unedited paragraph from the Newcastle Journal, Wednesday 25 April 1990. The Cumberlege Review of 2020, concluded that, in terms of patient safety, this matter cannot be ignored.