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What has happened to working-class identity? On Radio 4's Start the Week, Adam Rutherford explored the political fractures within families and communities:

I attended the British Pilgrimage Gathering 2025. 

The Dark, a 2025 Start the Week broadcast, featured three visions of darkness:

What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract is a book by Minouche Shafik, which European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde hailed as a must-read, calling it “a great recipe for how we can improve our life together, which couldn’t come at a more pertinent moment".

In it, British American academic and economist Minouche Shafik proposed ways in which societies can meet the challenges of the coming century and move toward a more inclusive society. 

A Financial Times review called the book “brilliantly lucid and accessible” in answering the age-old question of how to balance individuality with collective responsibility. 

Shafik’s conclusion: “We owe each other more.” 

1. Discover What’s Really Holding You Back “Act as a mindset coach and help me uncover the invisible mental blocks that are holding me back in [insert area: career, relationships, health, money]. Ask me 5 deep questions and give me a mirror-like analysis based on my answers

2. Find Your Real Purpose “Help me identify my true life purpose by analysing my core values, passions, and what energises me. Ask me powerful questions and build a purpose statement that aligns with who I am. My current interests are: [insert]

3. Break Negative Thought Patterns “Act like a cognitive behavioural therapist. Help me identify repetitive negative thought loops or self-sabotaging patterns I’m not consciously aware of. Use my recent situation: [insert]. Show me how to reframe my thinking instantly.

The entries below highlight Dom Kelleher's subjective views on an ever-changing range and scope of subjects.

This is less a blog than a set of irregularly updated and often fragmentary views - on ideas and values, places and people - evolving over time into mini essais which pay humble homage to the peerless founder of the genre. The writing is provisional, always open to change as new thoughts and ideas emerge.

The kaleidoscope is Halcyon's prime metaphor, embracing constant change and viewing the world through ever-moving lenses.

Born in an August 2025 dream, recursion(s) will feature large in future thinking.

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