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This blog takes its title from the fact that kindness originally meant being kin, or kindred, or of the same kind – a reminder, if you like, that we are all humankind. I post regularly on Friday. Enter your email address below to Follow and receive each post direct to your inbox. A Few Kind Words is now also on Substack if you prefer to read it there: https://substack.com/@jamiejauncey.
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Standing under
I suppose Easter weekend is as appropriate a moment as any to write about empathy. In the Christian calendar, at least, it represents the high point of suffering; and empathy translates literally from the Greek as ‘suffering in’ (as opposed … Continue reading
Tagged 9/11, Easter, empathy, Iraq, Sam Richards
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Good Friday
Today seems like a good day to write about persecution. Trying to imagine the agony of crucifixion, of nails through palms and feet, of torn flesh and muscle, of gradual dislocation as the legs start to give way and the … Continue reading
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