A series of letters and essays from Dougald Hine. Turning aside from the one big path that was meant to lead to the future, no longer in service to its promises, asking what else is worth doing with the time we have.
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To Honour the Beloved Dead
This post is a celebration of all those who joined us in marking Ivan Illich’s centenary last weekend, a story of the moment in my life when I first encountered Illich’s work and also that of John Berger, and an invitation to further conviv...
A Gift Received
The letter below began to write itself when I woke early this morning and spilled out in the course of a couple of bus journeys. Before it gets going, a few other things to share with you to mark this centenary:
- For six years, the Acer...
Celebrating “The Philosopher of Enough”
If you’ve been following the preparations for this weekend’s centenary gatherings, but there’s nothing on the map near you, then members of the Long Table invite you to an online gathering later today.
9pm–1am CEST • 8PM–12AM BST • 3–...
Friends and Strangers
Illich and Valentina Borremans, director of the Centre for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca.
What really made these feasts so special weren’t his old friends but the way in which the people who were unknown to all of us before tha...
Illich at 100: A Constellation of Celebrations
The rumour has been spreading. The pins dot their way across the map, almost a hundred of them now. On or around the weekend of 4-6 September, the centenary of Ivan Illich will be marked in many corners of the world.
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