Archive - Midlife Review: Essays on Mind, Meaning & Midlife

An Evening with David Hume

Sometimes the books you scribble in can teach you more than the ones you worship.

May 6 •

Critically Thoughtless

April 2025

Bedtime Stories: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The joyful experience of sharing my favourite book with my six-year-old daughter.

Apr 16 •

Critically Thoughtless

Finding my voice

Are honesty and consistency mutually exclusive when writing about personal growth?

Apr 9 •

Critically Thoughtless

Shock of a lifetime...

The day I fell in love with a 200 year old Russian (Dostoevsky content)

Apr 3 •

Critically Thoughtless

Taking a Gap Year from my Midlife Crisis

My mind wanders further than my body ever could

Apr 1 •

Critically Thoughtless

March 2025

My search for questions...

Why devote oneself to hidden answers, when there are a million questions begging to be heard.

Mar 31 •

Critically Thoughtless

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