Mark DooleyJun 19, 202113 min read#10 Electric Fields- Ordinary and Non-Ordinary States in a Burmese Monastery - A kind local, with a smile for everybody, who regularly cycled into Pa Auk to...
Mark DooleyJun 6, 20216 min read#9 Bowling TogetherLike a novel coronavirus, no one is fully immune from the dis-ease of loneliness. A sufficient dose of self-isolation will trigger it,...
Mark DooleyMay 21, 20215 min read#8 Red Rag to a BullJohn Downes Outside athletic circles, David Bedford is no longer a household name. In 1970’s Britain, the sinewy Londoner was easily...
Mark DooleyMay 8, 20218 min read#7 Growing Old GracefullyClinic-Chair-View My work gives me some insight into the lives of others. Not being able to travel these days (and who knows for how...
Mark DooleyFeb 28, 20213 min read#6 How to Humiliate Yourself Humour Hippocrates, the grandfather of medicine from ancient Greece, had his theory - that the four foundational ‘humours’ underlying...
Mark DooleyFeb 14, 20215 min read#5 The Light Relief & Dark Art of Kayfabe “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool” - Richard Feynman Fakery & The...
Mark DooleyFeb 8, 20214 min read#4 The Quiet RoomWhen was the last time you were home with your family? Not the pixelated zoom or skype versions of family (admittedly, the next best...
Mark DooleyFeb 4, 20213 min read#1 Apocalypse NowYou've got to remain at home. Even your cities are empty. The number of Covid-19 cases passes 100million worldwide in the week that I...
Mark DooleyJan 10, 20215 min read#2 Stories of the MultitudesSitting with someone else's story, whether in books, movies or in real life, can sometimes feel challenging. Any true story or fiction...
Mark DooleyJan 10, 20212 min read#3 The Basilisk, Reality & Losing Touch"The basilisk dwelled in the desert, or more accurately, it made the desert" - from Book IX of Pharsalia. The basilisk - a hideous...