Ethics etc

The mistakes of others

It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s even better to learn from other people’s ones. (Warren Buffet) [1500 words, 6 mins

Aug 20 •

Ronald Turnbull

Watching waterfalls

A waterfall portfolio: paintings, prints and photographs all (water-) source material for last week’s ‘why watch waterfalls’.

Jul 2 •

Ronald Turnbull

What’s with these waterfalls?

For well over 1000 years, we’ve been chasing around after falling water. So what’s so special about noise, frothy whiteness, and getting wet with the…

Jun 25 •

Ronald Turnbull

Sophia Delaval: 18th-century outdoor type

Aristocrat, influencer, and serious landscape appreciator [1300 words, 6 mins

Jun 4 •

Ronald Turnbull

The Psychopathology of Peakbagging

Sigmund Freud’s insights on the Outdoors [1700 words; 8 mins

May 21 •

Ronald Turnbull

Bolt-on emotion: Romanticism part 2

English Romanticism trickles through into mountain writing of today [1300 words 6 mins

Jan 29 •

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Utah and the Line of Beauty

Canyonlands National Park and the shapes of scenery [2100 words 12-15 min

Dec 25, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

A Quiz for Christmas

Wander lonely as a cloud – or bagging the Wainwrights. What sort of mountain walker are you?

Dec 18, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Just how pleasing are trees? From Sir Gawain to Stephen Sondheim [1300 words

Oct 23, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Adventures in the Alpine Style

Boardman and Tasker Part 1: Joe Tasker [1400 words, 6 mins

Aug 28, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

The Seven Deadly Sports

Mountaineering is a sport, but most of the rest are merely games. So says Ernest Hemingway. [1400 words 6 min

Jul 10, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

Suffering and fun

We should minimise our own future pain. But, as mountaineers and long distance walkers, we don't. Behavioral psychology could have some answers here…

Apr 24, 2024 •

Ronald Turnbull

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