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- Gukesh wins chess tournament. India goes crazy.
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Hysteria from commentators as the Candidate's tournament ends with a win for 17 year old Indian prodigy Gukesh.
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2 min - The case of the constipated bishop
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The case of the constipated bishop
There is a lot of Chess played outside the elevated levels of our distinguished first team. I was struck by the interesting games played in the recent match in the limit league between ourselves and Chorlton. The match produced a fine example of what I am calling the case of the constipated bishop.
It was clear to me that the players were intensely focusing on their own games and may not have had a chance to see much of what was going on around them. So my thoughts from the sidelines may be of interest and perhaps value.- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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5 min - Mid April Wit and Wisdom
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The solar eclipse, and the alleged financial irregularities of the Labour politician and deputy leader Angela Raynor are two topics attracting attention.
@BriefcaseMike
Our media's obsession with an eclipse in America is weird. But I suppose you could view America being plunged into darkness as a rehearsal for a possible second Trump Presidency, metaphorically speaking. #bbcpm
@Occupy
BREAKING: President Biden in a newly released video trolls Donald Trump by mocking the time that he stared directly into an eclipse. In it, the president is seen standing on the same balcony where Trump stood during the eclipse in 2017, except Biden is actually wearing proper eye protection.
"An eclipse is worth marveling at” he says “But don't be silly, folks – play it safe and wear protective eyewear,"
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Why can't Americans watch the total eclipse of the sun quietly?- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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6 min - William takes a seat
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In an exclusive interview for TudoRama, William Thompson, philosopher and submariner (rtd) examines a difficult social dilemma, drawing on his lengthy experience
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7 min - Anger management. How using a shredder might help
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Anger management. How using a shredder might help.
Writing negative reactions on paper and shredding it eliminates angry feelings, a Japanese study finds. Even this podcast might trigger some listeners into a rage. But listen on.
In ancient Rome, the Stoic philosopher Seneca believed “my anger is likely to do me more harm than your wrong” in his work De Ira (On Anger). More modern methods include a workout on the gym punchbag or exercise bike. But the humble paper shredder may be a more effective – and accessible – way to decompress, according to recent research.
A study in Japan has found that writing down your reaction to a negative incident on a piece of paper and then shredding the note, or scrunching it into a ball and throwing it in the bin, gets rid of anger ...- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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5 min - The God particle and beyond. A tribute to Peter Higgs
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The death of Peter Higgs on Tuesday 9 April, 2024, gave rise to attempts to explain his contribution to our understanding of the nature of the fundamental forces of the Universe. The eulogies affirm his status of a giant in the field. The attempts to explain that contribution to the layman have faced considerable difficulties.
I have tried to explain the limits to current understanding, and the need to rethink our deeplyheld assumptions about reality.
I write as one such layman, albeit it one with a PhD in radiation chemistry. In some mitigation, the entire theory of the fundamental building blocks of the Universe has changed dramatically by the work of theoretical and experimental physicists over the last fifty years.
I can do no more than to outline how commentators have grappled with communicating the work which earned Peter Higgs his Nobel Prize in 2013. His ideas transformed thinking about how particles acquire mass...- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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7 min - The traumas of modern life. Buying a new smart phone.
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The traumas of modern life. Buying a new smart phone.
Assurance companies have arrived at a list of the most dangerous traumas we encounter in our everyday lives. Top of the pops is the loss of a loved one. This is closely followed by divorce. And then, extreme experiences such are encountered on the battlefield.
I wish to add to this list, the traumatic experience of buying a new smart phone. It is a fact universally recognised, that a person suffering a terminal decline in performance of an iPhone, is in need of a new model.
This report is being made of the first 24 hours after I suffered this experience personally.
My long-time phone can just about be described as smart, although it is designated as such, having been manufactured in the early days of such machine intelligence being marketed by those geniuses responsible for producing Apple phones.
Increasingly my phone has been showing signs of terminal decay not least in my attempts to charge it up overnight only to discover in the morning that charging has not occurred.
The decision to replace it was taken with a considerable amount of hesitation. I sought council among my tech-savvy friends. I scanned the web for useful information.
What I learned did not please me. Apple has moved on to its fifteenth generation of Smart phone. The current generation has its own variants, ranging from standard but still very expensive, to the genius-smart versions costing more than a weekend family holiday abroad ...- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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9 min - Chess Tactics for Kids, by Murray Chandler. I road-test a training manual
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Do chess players still learn from studying chess books? Or has the Internet grabbed the bulk of the market? As an experiment, I chose a promising example and carried out a ‘Which’ kind of road test of its performance, first on myself before I attempted to test it on its primary audience, junior chess players.
The book, Chess Tactics for Kids, is now a classic of its type. It was written by Murray Chandler and published in 2003. Murray, a leading English Grandmaster, defeated Gary Kasparov in the one game he played against him. As the book puts it, he is one of the few players with 100% score against Kasparov, who went on to become World Champion…- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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5 min - Ad hominem attacks. Why Donald Trump struggles to construct a logical argument
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Donald Trump is increasingly unable to construct a logical argument. His automatic way of making a point in public is to attack a person. This is widely known as one of the oldest form of false logic, the ad hominem attack. The fury of Trump is frustration at his own inability to communicate sensibly. It has increased over time.
A recent example has contributed to his being censored, after his remarks endangered the daughter of a judge when a Trump supporter was arrested after claiming he was coming to get her.- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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5 min - Creativity and basket weaving
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Creativity and basket weaving
Several decades ago, creativity was considered alien to courses as offered by Business Schools around the world. I discovered indirectly that my option on creativity, at what was then the Manchester Business School, was being referred to disparagingly as ‘basketweaving’ by a large majority of students. These opted instead for additional courses in 'proper' business topics, particularly strategy, marketing and finance.
In the public area, awards for creative endeavours go to authors, actors, filmmakers, and so on. In contrast, highly novel contributions from scientists are more likely to be described as innovative.
At our ancient universities, courses have remained divided into humanities and the sciences. Creativity belongs primarily in the Humanities or Arts departments or faculties.
I was reminded of this, recently in a section in Holy Disorders, a detective novel by Edmund Crispin, featuring his most notable detective Professor Gervase Fen.- Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!
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About TudoRama
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TudoRama explores the nature and practice of creativity in the arts, sciences, politics and above all in everyday life. Tudor Rickards is Emeritus Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change at…
the University of Manchester. Tudor studied chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff. Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College, he returned to the UK to work in technical management before joining Manchester Business School. He has published numerous books and articles on creativity, sporting management and leadership, as well as fictional works involving the mythical University of Urmston. He has been influential in the development of creativity-related projects in Europe, including the European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI), and was co-founder (with Susan Moger) of the journal Creativity and Innovation Management. He is also author of detective stories centred around the fictional University of Urmston, and a nearby chess club which houses a top-secret government surveillance operation. His recent switch to podcasting reaches out to a wider general audience interested in current affairs, and the processes of creativity previously described in his lectures, blogposts, and textbooks.