Riff – Dying to Live

The Windigo

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Windigo (also known as Wetiko) is the name given by the Ojibwe to a cannibalistic monster driven by insatiable hunger. The more it consumes, the more ravenous it becomes. It can never be satisfied, because its appetite is notContinue reading “The Windigo”

Paddies Day

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. March 17th Saint Patrick’s Day – Is, and always will be, “Paddies Day” in Liverpool. A huge day in the Liverpool Calendar. Liverpool’s Irish connections go back centuries. There was already an established community before the huge influx duringContinue reading “Paddies Day”

AN OLD MAN’S DISEASE?

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with over 63,000 cases and 12,300 deaths annually. 34 men in the UK die from the disease every day. Like most cancers, early detection, an early diagnosis is extremelyContinue reading “AN OLD MAN’S DISEASE?”

Toponium

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Physicists have detected ‘Toponium’—an exotic particle so incomprehensibly tiny that it redefines our understanding of “small.” To put this in perspective: if a toponium particle were the size of a grain of sand, an atom would span wider thanContinue reading “Toponium”

“Diagnostic Tests”

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Hi John, I hope you are keeping well. We shared your video “diagnostic tests” at the most recent Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Diagnostic Delivery Board and the team wanted to pass on their sincere thanks to you forContinue reading ““Diagnostic Tests””

Hegel’s Dialectic

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death “Small boats” is not an inherent or standard example of Hegel’s dialectic in philosophical studies. Hegel’s dialectic is a formal philosophical method, not a term for a contemporary political issue. However, the political and social issues surrounding “small boats”Continue reading “Hegel’s Dialectic”

NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death In 2025, the focus for cancer vaccines is on continued clinical trials, particularly for personalised mRNA vaccines and therapeutic vaccines. The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad is fast-tracking patients with head and neck cancer into an mRNA vaccine trial using technology to train theContinue reading “NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad”

“Department of War”

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death IN 1964, A GROUP OF Chinese officials gave the nations of the world a simple challenge: You say your nuclear weapons are for defence, not for attack? So we’ll sign here to show we are serious, and you doContinue reading ““Department of War””

Doomsday

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. The Guardian, 2nd August 2025,Damian Carrington reviewed, ‘Self-Termination is most likely’ : the history and future of societal collapse. WeContinue reading “Doomsday”

Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I recently read a blog by a young woman, Holly Butcher, who has now died aged 27 from cancer. She was offering her ‘final piece of life advice’ — written the day before she died. It caused me toContinue reading “Holly Butcher (1990 – 2018)”