HeyJaredWriting Home
A series of letters and essays from Dougald Hine. Turning aside from the one big path that was meant to lead to the future, no longer in service to its promises, asking what else is worth doing with the time we have.
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Ways of Reading: Five Routes into John Berger (opens the original)
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Registration is now open for The Storytellers, a five-week series woven around the work of John Berger and Ivan Illich – both of whom would have turned 100 this autumn – starting on 4 and 5 November.Read more & book for The StorytellersReaders of Writing Home have heard plenty about Illich, whose thinking has played an almost architectural role in my work over the years. Berger’s presence is harder to catch in outline, a l
To Honour the Beloved Dead (opens the original)
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This post is a celebration of all those who joined us in marking Ivan Illich’s centenary last weekend, a story of the moment in my life when I first encountered Illich’s work and also that of John Berger, and an invitation to further convivial conspiring in the months ahead.<div class="image2-inse
A Gift Received (opens the original)
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The letter below began to write itself when I woke early this morning and spilled out in the course of a couple of bus journeys. Before it gets going, a few other things to share with you to mark this centenary:For six years, the Acervus project has been collecting texts and recordings of Illich and his friends, and today they publish the “first lights” of this work in their Report #01 including a series of previously unpublished texts.Today also sees the launch of a new online home for the
Celebrating “The Philosopher of Enough” (opens the original)
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If you’ve been following the preparations for this weekend’s centenary gatherings, but there’s nothing on the map near you, then members of the Long Table invite you to an online gathering later today.9pm–1am CEST • 8PM–12AM BST • 3–7pm EDT • 12–4pm PDTDawn, Emmanuelle and will open the Zoom room for a few hours and you are welcome to drop in at any point. There will be readings, conversation a
Friends and Strangers (opens the original)
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