Great talk today at the RSA by novelist and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein whose encyclopedic knowledge of Plato and western philosophy in general was humbling….The talk was based on her latest book.
City Growth Commission report
Autumn arrives
Street Art
Tropical birds
Political Order and Political Decay
At the RSA to hear Frank Fukuyama, a professor at Stanford University, talk about his new book Political Order and Political Decay. Fascinating analysis, if a bit depressing as he doesn’t really have clear solutions, as he readily admits.
Victoria and Albert Museum
At the V&A to see the film my son Alex shot of his mother printmaking. It was selected from the 1000 Londoners series to be one of five films by amateur filmmakers shown at the event, which was part of theĀ London Design Festival.