Category: Columns

Geoff has written for publications as diverse as PC User and The Northern Star His weekly columns have been a source of humour and inspiration for tens of thousands of readers and his mailbox is always full.
Here you can find his more recent contributions.

The John James Newsletter No. <188>

JohnJames /22 August, 2017

The John James Newsletter 188 22 July 2017 Humans will have created for themselves a new geological era, the Eremozoic, the Era of Solitude, in which little remains on the Earth but themselves and the prosthetic environment that keeps them alive John Gray Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going Continue Reading →

The John James Newsletter No. <187>

JohnJames /22 August, 2017

The John James Newsletter 187 15 July 2017 The problem with political jokes is they get elected Henry Cate  Dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality John Lennon Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every Continue Reading →

The John James Newsletter No. <186>

JohnJames /22 August, 2017

The John James Newsletter 186 11 July 2017  How can we understand the miserable failure of contemporary thinking to come to grips with what now confronts us? Children on the edge! Playing by the garbage dump, Calcutta Isn’t this the great question? The reason we shall let ourselves drift to extinction within a lifetime? An Continue Reading →

The John James Newsletter No. <185>

JohnJames /22 August, 2017

The John James Newsletter 185 8 July 2017 As a professor of climate and space sciences, I teach my students they need to plan for a world 4℃ warmer  Damian Carrington Nobody in Washington is draining the swamp. They are the swampRobert Ferre If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re heading Anon I studied the Continue Reading →

The John James Newsletter No. <184>

JohnJames /12 July, 2017

The John James Newsletter 184 1 July 2017 We are living in a world borrowed from our children’s future Anna Breytenbach Enlightenment is easy for those who have no opinions Buddha The Animal Communicator  Anna Breytenbach demonstrates that when we are connected without agenda or attachment we can be heard by nature, and are in Continue Reading →

The John James Newsletter No. <183>

JohnJames /12 July, 2017

The John James Newsletter 183 24 June 2017 It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine  REM Trump’s erratic impulsiveness is a national security risk Brian Klaas The Syrian nightmare is a state is being ravaged and mauled to the point of non-recognition. It is now a mere terrain Continue Reading →