England 2023
Visiting England
I arrived in London last night, staying with Caroline in a flat in New Cross. We will go to my old friend Tony Tonks’ sixtieth birthday party on Sunday, then head to the Isle of Man, Lake District and Edinburgh. Then I have a one day climate albedo workshop at Cambridge University on 6 June and I head home on 9 June.
I spent the flight listening to Beatles albums, and then to Ummagumma by Pink Floyd and some early Dylan. Amazingly, many of the Beatle’s biggest hits were only released as singles, and were not included on albums until later compilations, eg She Loves You, Can’t Buy Me Love, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Please Please Me, Love Me Do. I also read a book about the history of sugar, so deeply entwined with slavery, genocide and environmental devastation.
On Wednesday I spent the afternoon before my flight from Sydney playing croquet and talking philosophy with my old friend David Gillings. One of the themes we explored was my idea of the disentification of God.
