The Geecologist

Politics on the Edge

Politics on the Edge

Apr 4, 2026 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

‘David has decided,’ one of his aides explained, when I met him later, ‘that one cannot criticise a war when there are troops on the ground.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Well … we have had that debate. But he feels it is a principle of British government.’ ‘But Churchill criticised the...
The Hour Of The Star

The Hour Of The Star

Mar 7, 2020 | Fiction | 0 comments

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I do not know why, but I do know that the...
Lincoln In The Bardo

Lincoln In The Bardo

Mar 10, 2018 | Fiction | 0 comments

The dead lay as they had fallen, in every conceivable shape, some grasping their guns as though they were in the act of firing, while others, with a cartridge in their icy grasp, were in the act of loading. Some of the countenances wore a peaceful, glad smile, while...
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller

If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller

Jan 6, 2012 | Fiction | 0 comments

So, then, you noticed in a newspaper that If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller had appeared, the new book by Italo Calvino, who hadn’t published for several years. You went to the bookshop and bought the volume. Good for you. In the shop window you have...