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• On moving home, the sorrows of Gaza, and a poem about kindness
  We are moving, after nearly 30 years in our family home. We are sad to leave the old place but also joyful to have so many memories of good times spent together. And at least we have a... Read More The post On moving home, the sorrows of Gaza, and a poem about kindness appeared […]
• To be always the same person
  I have driven past Bryn Arw countless times on my way to the Vale of Ewyas and Llantony, but only became aware of it as a separate entity about three years ago when a graffito appeared on the... Read More The post To be always the same person appeared first on Richard Gwyn.
• The last Welsh speakers of the Black Mountains
  On my most recent excursion to the hills I have no new agenda following on from the ‘how long can you stay focused on anything at all’ theme, which, to be honest, turned out to be something of... Read More The post The last Welsh speakers of the Black Mountains appeared first on Richard Gwyn.
• Reflections on Borges, recursion, and the many worlds hypothesis
  My apologies to subscribers who received a version of this post yesterday, without either the video or the text that follows. This was due to some technical issues (incompetence) on my part. The talk is delivered in Spanish;... Read More The post Reflections on Borges, recursion, and the many worlds hypothesis appeared first on Richard […]
• Narrative Horror
  A conversation with an old friend, while driving to Bristol airport earlier this month, led me back along the wild mountain tracks of memory, and an introduction to what psychologist Martin Conway refers to as the self-memory system... Read More The post Narrative Horror appeared first on Richard Gwyn.