In My Opinion with Graham Fisher MBE

In a variation of the eternal nature-nurture debate, whether determined by personal preference or genetic disposition, we all have our own direction of travel through life. No two paths are the same and some are not so smooth as others, but perhaps there may be a utopian option that may help us all attain the same destination of communal harmony. Graham explores the options.

Times moves in mysterious ways - so how exactly does time move? And does an appreciation of its motion offer an incite into global conflict resolution?

As civil unrest and protests sweep across a world still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, inequality and suppression are feeding a mood for change, Graham ponders whether philosophy may offer a path towards a more level playing field on which that change may be grounded.

The coronavirus pandemic is of worldwide concern as the race is on to reduce transmission and develop a vaccine. Yet beyond the medical concerns, what implications are there for the eventual resumption of our ‘normal’ way of life and even upon the state of our democracy?

A long-defunct Grammar School, a pupil in the ‘shallow waters’ of his formative years and a celebration of half a century since the death of one of our greatest intellects, Graham reflects on how this rich combination may have inadvertently led to unintended consequences

Our insatiable thirst for energy is countered by increasing levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases and the imperative to tackle global warming. But do the established laws of science indicate that, ultimately, our fate may not lie entirely in our hands?

Our language is constantly evolving yet although this is inevitable are there some changes that, in the interests of accurate communication, we should resist? The apostrophe is dead; long live the apostrophe. But does it matter, and should we care?

Musings of Graham Fisher MBE. Well, is the earth flat or is it round? Or do we in fact live on the inside of the globe (if it is a globe) rather than the outside? In the State of Ohio, at least, it looks like your views and your rights to express them - however 'off the wall they may be' - are about to be enshrined in law.

Musings of Graham Fisher MBE. Whilst the doom-mongers and soothsayers may suggest we are all heading toward hell-in-a-handcart, this alternative examination of the 'evidence' may offer pause for genuflection.

Musings of Graham Fisher MBE. Nutters, fruit loops and basket cases are just some of the more derogatory and pejorative terms often levelled at those who march to the beat of a different drum. But, harmless as many of them may be in the pursuit of their own lives on their terms, do we belittle the true eccentric at our peril?