“Dice five“ by @Doug88888 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Another year has gone! This is the 267th post on Sharpen Your Axe. It is time to pause for breath and reflect on another year of one free essay per week.
I am still feeling energised by this blog at the weekend; and I think my essay-writing skills are gradually improving. I hope you are enjoying the essays too. I would like to thank all my subscribers and anyone who has shared my work on social media or commented over the last year.
Please see a recap of the essays we have published in the last 12 months below in case you missed any or want to revisit them. The comments are open at the bottom!
Spanish politics and society (including Catalonia)
Catalan separatist party Junts
Spanish words we need to borrow in English
In defence of shopping centres
A seriously long time in Barcelona
Immunity failure in the Frankenstein alliance
The dawn of algorithmic intelligence
Communicating with alien intelligences
On the populist revolt
Moderates are hard on their own side
Asabya - a concept we need to revive
Let’s split progressivism from cancel culture
Gurus and subject-matter experts
General issues
Thank you for reading! Normal service will be resumed next week!
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Well done, Rupert! That's quite an inspired catalogue of insight. Let me know when the bound edition becomes available.
Congratulations, and Happy “Birthday!”