Multi-tasking for Dummies
When our best laid plans go awry, can we learn to trust the process?
Flirting with Wisdom
Peter Gilderdale's Flirting With Wisdom series reflects on the interplay between curiosity and conviction, blending personal stories, history, cultural critique, and philosophical musings. Each vignette invites readers to embrace the beauty of unfinished thinking and the art of holding life’s ongoing questions.
31 posts
Professionalism – for better or worse
Is professionalism always a virtue? Or can it be the mask of complicity?
History as it was?
The past may be a foreign country – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to speak its language.
Think like a Liberal
From village megaphones to market ideologies, tracing the shifting meanings of liberalism—and why freedom without ethics falls short.
Adolescent Identity
Some questions are too big to answer all at once — especially when you’re still becoming who you are.
Babies, Teenagers, and Cultural Difference
Cultural difference reveals our blind spots — and loosening our grip on what we think we know is part of the learning.
Promises, Promises
When does a promise expire? And who decides what still counts, years after the moment has passed?
Happiness and Ancient Egypt
What I saw in Egypt taught me that happiness isn’t about comfort — it’s about connection.
Handel-ing Compliments
Graciousness is a small gesture — but it holds the power to honour someone else’s joy.