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The weight of grief

Grief is heavy. Not simply sad. Heavy. It settles into the body with a kind of insistence. In the shoulders. Behind the eyes. In limbs that feel tired before the day has properly begun. And with the weight comes a strange indifference. Things that would normally matter suddenly do not. Plans feel unnecessary. Conversations require…

Towards the Human: Limit, Continuity and Magnifica Humanitas

There is, to my mind, something deeply theological in the mathematical concept of a limit. In calculus, a limit is concerned not simply with where something is, but with the value towards which it tends: a function may draw ever closer without quite arriving. What matters, therefore, is not only position but direction, the horizon…

Algorithmic concerns in the atmosphere of adolescence

We are doing a lot of categorising of boys at the moment. There are good reasons for to be concerned. Conversations about boys, masculinity, misogyny and violence are no longer confined to academic papers or parenting forums. They are happening in schools, staffrooms and homes. We are hearing more about misogynistic language, intimidation and the…

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