Monthly Archives: April 2011
May’s Conundrum
Could there be time without change? Imagine a period in which nothing changes…your thoughts stand still, the clock doesn’t tick, the bird-song stops, nothing at all happens. Could time still be passing? Could there be, for example, ten minutes in … Continue reading
On whether it is rational to be moral
The ‘kneejerk’ answer to this question would be ‘no’. If, with the economists, we define ‘being rational’ as ‘maximising our own interests’ then assuming that acting morally often requires us to act against our own interests then how can it … Continue reading
Launch of Keeping Mum: Caring for Someone With Dementia at Headington Care Home
This is a video of the party I held to launch Keeping Mum: Caring for Someone With Dementia, at my Mum’s nursing home: The Headington Care Home. It was lovely to see Elisa, the Director, again, and many of the … Continue reading
To be published on April 3rd – Keeping Mum: Caring for someone with Dementia
Marianne Talbot’s most recent publication, ‘Keeping Mum: Caring for someone with Dementia’ will be published on the 3rd April 2011 (Mother’s Day). “At 3am I was startled awake by the opening of the stairgate. Leaping out of bed I found … Continue reading
