equiminous, adj./ɪˈkwɪmɪnəs/ Of a representation: giving due proportion or weight to the things represented; avoiding distortion arising from convention or convenience. Hence, of a person: recognising the whole rather than allowing a single characteristic, measure, or judgement to stand for the individual. Mischievously, Damian Bacchoo (2026) Maps have a habit of causing moral outrage, and […]
For over forty years, my favourite colour has been fluorescent pink. Or, to give it its modern marketing name… electric fuchsia. Back then, I rather enjoyed the fact that it wasn’t everyone else’s favourite colour. But judging by this year’s World Cup, that appears to have changed. Which is unfortunate for me, because the thing about […]
A few weeks ago, my wife of twenty-something-odd years and I were running late and debating what to eat. I suggested what I often suggest in these moments: Baked beans on toast. She hesitated. Then said, almost apologetically, “You know what, I’ve never really liked baked beans.” After twenty years together, I couldn’t count the […]
-ocracies Often, the best learning in our classrooms is not planned for. In one of my lessons this week, we went off on a tangent about how different governments might respond to the same issue differently. We thought that a democracy might call for a vote, an autocracy might impose a decree, a technocracy might […]
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