Observations, column essays, and minor philosophical queries by Andy Hawthorne.https://andyhawthorne.uk/en-gbhttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/scope-creep/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/scope-creep/A few notes on the tricky subject of mental health...Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/how-to-be-wrong-in-comfort/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/how-to-be-wrong-in-comfort/Thought experiments for ordinary people...Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-40g-weakling/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-40g-weakling/Chocolate just isn't what it used to be...Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-overripe-strawberry/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-overripe-strawberry/Days on the beach and the resulting sunburn...Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-old-sea-dog/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-old-sea-dog/Childhood seaside memories and their usefulness in adulthood...Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/young-gifted-and-skint/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/young-gifted-and-skint/Our young folk are struggling but it's not a new thing for young people to be finding things hard...Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/a-catastrophic-surplus-of-information/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/a-catastrophic-surplus-of-information/I'm not a snob. It’s simply that I wouldn’t do anything to draw attention to myself when out and about. Unlike the lady that came storming into the local pharmacy that morning...Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:01:57 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/two-weeks-in-no-10/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/two-weeks-in-no-10/Our new PM has had a holiday after two weeks in the job. Not ideal...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:28:55 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/slow-twitch-no-twitch/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/slow-twitch-no-twitch/The battle for fitness in your sixites...Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:44:37 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/would-it-help/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/would-it-help/On the importance of a balanced perspective when life gets... you know... mad.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:08:48 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-year-my-shoes-stuck-to-the-road/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-year-my-shoes-stuck-to-the-road/A reflection on the British obsession with declaring a national crisis every time the temperature rises above twenty-five degrees.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:57:09 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/on-the-lost-art-of-conversation/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/on-the-lost-art-of-conversation/We have traded the slow, deliberate craft of conversation in favour of the rapid exchange of functional digital signals.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:56:06 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/shouting-at-the-furniture/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/shouting-at-the-furniture/Why do we let glowing rectangles dictate the rhythm of our lives?Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:57:14 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-sunday-afternoon-atrocity/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-sunday-afternoon-atrocity/The Monday dread begins on Sunday, usually after lunch...Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:46:32 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/a-formal-grievance-from-the-eyelids/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/a-formal-grievance-from-the-eyelids/Napping is an underrated art form. Especially when combined with a bad night's sleep...Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:37:17 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-train-that-didn-t-arrive/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-train-that-didn-t-arrive/On the current state of British rail travel. Or rather, the lack of it.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:38:45 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-morning-coffee-conundrum/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-morning-coffee-conundrum/On the Great Coffee Machine Swindle.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:42:47 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-improbability-of-the-5k/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/the-improbability-of-the-5k/On the questionable decision to go jogging at the age of sixty-one.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:13:42 GMThttps://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/why-blogging-is-a-waste-of-time/https://andyhawthorne.uk/posts/why-blogging-is-a-waste-of-time/An examination of the Sisyphean struggle of the modern blogger.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:05:54 GMT