A dialogue on values. Elon Musk says, “The fundamental weakness of Western civilisation is empathy”. Hannah Arendt who lived in Hitler’s Germany and covered the Israel trial of Adolf Eichmann, a German war criminal wrote, “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism. Read More →
I have always read the world news. Guess it’s the DNA of being a journalist and I was that for many years. But theatre has been a huge love too. I see world events recurring on stage again and again.. Today I saw it. Some years ago ago I directed the play Antigone, the Greek legend about how a ruler stops the burial of a dead Prince after a war. His mourning sister. Antigone, defies Creon, the ruler and buries her brother. She dies too. When Russia invaded Ukraine, I revamped the legend to a modern setting and made Vladimir Putin, the ruler. Today theRead More →
I have been watching “Good Night and Good Luck” with George Clooney on Broadway. Exciting Relevant. And… am I the only person thinking that President Trump was mentored by the philosophy of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin.Read More →
You’ll find snippets in this section of my website about William Shakespeare . I’ve been interested in the playwright and bis plays since childhood. As a small child I lived in Scotland between Aberdeen and Inverness and not far from Forres. This is Macbeth country. I was a child, around seven years of age when I arrived in the north of Scotland.. After school was over, we would fight each other in fatal battles with branches from trees and bellow at our opponents “Lay on Macduff, and dammed be him who first cries, Hold. Enough ” We shouted “How far to Forres?” without knowing why! Read More →
Interesting. Within hours of my last post, I find that Alexa gives more accurate information about Trump. I rephrased my questions in different ways. Got different answers. Some accurate, some less so…some which maybe devious…with Alexa saying I don’t have an answer to that question, but you can look at …..??????? Alexa – if you make mistakes, perhaps you are on the way to becoming human? Read More →
Ask Alexa if Donald Trump is a convicted felon? She is not forthcoming with good and accurate information. According to what I can find out this morning, Alexa is frequently being updated. There must be a story here for an original writer, not AI though…… HOW TO SCARE A COMPUTERRead More →