Beauty and the Beast revisited
Beauty and the Beast – a classic example of redemption through love, specifically the love of a beautiful woman – characters in fairy stories are almost always either beautiful or evil, especially the women. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/meeting-the-beast
On Launching a book
Writing has an element of baring the soul and it can feel that reading to an audience exacerbates the sense of exposure. Somehow, despite this, it’s almost always a pleasurable experience, an opportunity to share, to see that people are moved, amused, provoked and that makes the whole business worthwhile https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-launching-a-book
A playwright turns his hand to blogging
This has been a different few days – the first talks about and readings from my new book, approving proofs for different distribution channels, all culminating in the big launch on Friday. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/a-playwright-turns-his-hand-to-blogging
Hope for Peace
This week seems a good time to be thinking about both sides of humanity as we approach Easter. There is a tendency to see Easter either as a purely Christian festival, arguably the most important time in the Christian calendar, or as a purely secular event … https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-for-peace
It’s not politics Boyd, it’s life…
Apparently, J D Vance has said that it’s necessary to prevent the craziest and worst regime in the world getting nuclear weapons. I think it may be too late for that. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/its-not-politics-boyd-its-life
Curling
Curling has a fascination all its own. Science applied to chasing a stone across a frozen surface. Mad, but strangely appealing. Maybe because it’s so much like the rest of life https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/curling
Leading by example
Leading by example…There are leaders who are good models and leaders who are the opposite. Like most of us I’ve experienced both and have tried, when asked to lead, to be the former… https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/what-seems-to-be-the-problem
The Bright side
A Happy New Year to all – and no more moaning?https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/the-bright-side
Hope in the chaos
If we can’t hope, can’t celebrate, can’t reassert and rejoice in our common humanity we cease to be any use to ourselves or others. https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/hope-in-the-chaos
On Paradox and knowing
‘What we can’t know is liberating … long live vagueness, muddle, compromise – and liberation and inspiration.’ https://tonyearnshaw.substack.com/p/on-paradox-and-knowing