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Richard's Existential Diary

"He announces that he has given up dentistry to become a miner. I find it hard to discern his motivation for this, other than the convenience of being able to redeploy the headtorch he used in his former profession."

IMPORTANT: This Is Not A Newsletter Sent Via Substack

I thought I should write an explanatory message today about the way I'm doing things here from now on.

Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (But Probably Only On Social Media)

Support My Writing By Upgrading To A Paid Subscription Why have I been thinking about death so much this week? It’s probably an autumn thing and no doubt it’s not entirely unrelated to my recent health problems but also, taking a glance back at what I’ve been