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.
A university should be a place where knowledge is woven together, not just pulled apart into individual threads. But what happens when the weft starts to fray?
The Edwardian postcard craze was the social media of its time, revealing a divide between those who believed in luck and those who saw success as a moral reward. A century later, are we any closer to reconciling hard work with fortune?
In our rush for novelty, have we overlooked not only the enduring value of the familiar but also the many other ways we might choose to value what we create?
A butterfly flaps its wings without knowing if it will spark a storm or nothing at all—its power lies in joyful persistence, embracing uncertainty, and trusting that each small act is full of life.
