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Aug 2, 2019

Giving Up on Tragedy

‘This is not a tragedy,’ my partner said as she was dying. It was a hard lesson…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Dec 18, 2019

Hexagram 49: Revolution. A Short Story

A short story based on chapter 49 of the Chinese Book of…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Jun 9, 2019

Communing with Wizards in Myanmar

How I studied the Burmese language, in the hope of finding a…

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Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Aug 23, 2014

Strange Happenings in Yangzhou

A strange tale from 11th century China about unusual apparitions in the…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Aug 5, 2019

Obscure Philosopher Files #1: Ibn Tufayl

A twelfth century philosophical tale about a boy brought up…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Oct 21, 2018

Everywhere is Exotic, Everywhere is Mundane

Travel writing makes everything exotic. Anthropology makes…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Jun 16, 2019

Newsletters and Reclaiming the Pleasure of Writing Online

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Nov 22, 2015

The Hard Cross-Cultural Problem in Philosophy

What would ancient philosophers like Socrates and…

Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Jul 12, 2019

Pest-Control, Myamar Style

Some advice on controlling mouse populations… but only if the mice speak…

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Will Buckingham in Wayward Things

Jun 7, 2018

The Duracell Bunny and the Deputy Political Commissar

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Wayward Things is curated by philosopher and writer Dr. Will Buckingham. It is a place for thoughts on writing and philosophy, stories, snippets and ideas.

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