November 2024 – Jenny Connected
2 posts published by jennymackness during November 2024| Jenny Connected
2 posts published by jennymackness during November 2024| Jenny Connected
Last week I spent most of the week on a literature course (part of the North West Region U3A’s summer school) at Manchester Metropolitan Museum in Manchester. The title of the course, which was led by the wonderful Meg Shaw,… Continue reading →| Jenny Connected
This is my fifth and final post about Hannah Arendt’s perspective on the importance of thinking. Here are links to the previous posts. Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt on the Importance of Thinking Hannah Arendt as a Teacher of Thinking Hannah… Continue reading →| Jenny Connected
I recently became aware, via Matthias Melcher’s blog and Stephen Downes’ OL Weekly that a small group of people are blogging about blogging. This attracted my attention because although I have been blogging since 2006, I have written very few… Continue reading →| Jenny Connected
I have recently completed a four-week online Future Learn course on the poetry of Robert Frost. Robert Frost: The American Voice This course is offered by Ralston College. I came across it because I subscribe to Ralston College’s newsletter. I… Continue reading →| Jenny Connected
I was recently asked by my local U3A (University of the 3rd Age) philosophy group to do a presentation for them. Actually I was asked in 2022, but personal circumstances prevented me from doi…| Jenny Connected
Last week I spent most of the week on a literature course (part of the North West Region U3A’s summer school) at Manchester Metropolitan Museum in Manchester.| Jenny Connected
In November 2021, Iain McGilchrist published his new book – The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World. On this page I will collect links to posts I make…| Jenny Connected
I have made a number of posts related to Iain McGilchrist’s work after hearing him speak about his book, The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Th…| Jenny Connected
2 posts published by jennymackness during September 2023| Jenny Connected
Hannah Arendt was a prolific writer. I have barely skimmed the surface of all she has written. Recently I heard Roger Berkowitz of Bard College, New York, say that even after 10 years of reading Ar…| Jenny Connected
This is the third in a series of posts I am making to share the notes I made for a talk I recently gave to my local U3A philosophy group (University of the Third Age). Links to the previous two pos…| Jenny Connected
As I explained in my last post, I have recently given a talk on Hannah Arendt to my local U3A philosophy group (University of the Third Age). Hannah Arendt was a prolific writer on a wide range of …| Jenny Connected
For much of this year I have been reading Hannah Arendt, attending online reading groups, watching YouTube videos, reading blogs, articles and books about her. I first read Hannah Arendt – her book…| Jenny Connected
‘Faith and Politics’ was the title of a talk I attended yesterday evening at Capernwray which is a Bible College and Christian Holiday Centre near my home. The talk was given by Tim Farron, who use…| Jenny Connected
For a change from reading Iain McGilchrist’s book The Matter With Things, which I am only doing very slowly, I have joined the Hannah Arendt Center’s Virtual Reading group, which is based in New Yo…| Jenny Connected
We are almost at the end of 2022, and I do not want to let the year end without mention of this book – Braiding Sweetgrass – by Robin Wall Kimmerer. For me this has been the best book I have …| Jenny Connected
