Ethics etc

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

Oct 23 •

Ronald Turnbull

Adventures in the Alpine Style

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

Aug 28 •

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 •

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 •

Ronald Turnbull

Knee Breeches: why aren’t we all wearing them?

The fall and fall of this practical and attractive form of legwear [750 words, 3 min

Mar 6 •

Ronald Turnbull

The 18th Century Art of Landscape Appreciation

The strange craze for looking at England in a distorting mirror, backwards. [1400 words: 6 mins

Dec 27, 2023 •

Ronald Turnbull

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