Fiona PriorSep 26, 20212 min'Des', serial killing and necrophiliaMy Saturday morning walking buddy suggested that I research the new television real crime series ‘Des’, that is about the serial killer...
Fiona PriorSep 19, 20212 minCyberspace, the Metaverse ...The nerd in me gets so excited when I read descriptions like the following: “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by...
Fiona PriorSep 12, 20212 minLostAt a time when so many of us in Sydney and Victoria are going a little batty with lockdown, this weekend we were also reminded of the...
Fiona PriorSep 5, 20213 minDope OK. I’m guessing that you aren’t addicted to illicit substances. Nor alcohol or over the counter prescription drugs, though that is a...
Fiona PriorAug 29, 20213 minAnd when I love thee not …I covered some of the most remarkable – or sensational – love affairs in history, last week so this week I thought I’d follow through...
Fiona PriorAug 22, 20212 minHow do I love thee? Would I love thee big and bold but oh so romantically as did the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in his 1632 commission of a marble tomb to...
Fiona PriorAug 15, 20212 minMore MysteryLast week’s essay on the Axial Age highlighted the mystery of multiple, unconnected (pre-globalised) cultural occurrences in disparate...
Fiona PriorAug 8, 20213 minAxial Age 2.0Axial Age 2.0 COVID, climate change, economic uncertainty. We are presently in a period of ‘so what will happen next?’, the likes of...
Fiona PriorAug 1, 20213 min'Grrrrrrrr....'Things that make me go ‘Grrrrrr’. It is strange to be in lockdown when so many cities in the world are approaching their post-lockdown,...
Fiona PriorJul 25, 20212 minThe Constitution of Knowledge: A Defence of TruthThe Constitution of Knowledge: A Defence of Truth Written by Jonathon Rausch ‘Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media...
Fiona PriorJul 18, 20212 minFascinating LonersIn COVID lockdowns, recent and present, some are mentally handling the isolation better than others. Those people more immune to the...