Dr Hugh WillbournMar 216 min#36 A Decent Democracy“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'Table Talk' 5 October 1830 (1835) How come a poet, a...
Dr Hugh WillbournMar 19 min#34 Beware the Old NormalSome covid-related restrictions are being lifted in some places and we are now well into revisionism and cover-ups. Our Governments can...
Dr Hugh WillbournDec 23, 20213 min#31 The Foolish PolicemanWe should all be grateful to Harry Miller. In 2019 Harry was told by the Humberside Police that some tweets he forwarded would be...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 5, 20218 min#27 Humanity is greatly confusedIt is overwhelmingly difficult to write reasonably about the proliferation of delusions around the globe. There is so much that is so...
Dr Hugh WillbournOct 28, 20211 min#26 Those who don't suffer don't learn - Power House Podcast #3In this podcast we talked about abstract thinking and practical problems. We talked about careerism in science, about how hard it is for...
Dr Hugh WillbournAug 29, 20211 min#24 Podcast with Conor KellyConor Kelly very kindly invited me onto his Saigon / worldwide podcast. Click here to listen to it. We talked about hypnosis and...
Dr Hugh WillbournAug 13, 202113 min#23 Cock-up, Conspiracy or Murmuration?Photo by Paul Berry on Unsplash Three of the most baffling mysteries of the last year and a half are: Why have so many people consented...
Dr Hugh WillbournAug 1, 20211 min#22 Guest on the DelingpodI was delighted to be a guest on James Delingpole's podcast. James interviews a fascinating range of people on his podcast, and I...
Dr Hugh WillbournJul 16, 20216 min#21 The Most Dangerous PlagueMany years ago a junior social worker came to see me. She worked in a ‘secure’ house with five others looking after one delinquent,...
Dr Hugh WillbournApr 1, 20212 min#20 True Hope PodcastEarly last month, Simon Brazier interviewed me on his podcast at True Hope Canada. I have posted the link below. Our talk included...
Dr Hugh WillbournFeb 25, 20216 min#19 The Ferguson CorrespondenceThe recent correspondence (21 feb ff.) between Professor Ferguson and a number of sceptics published on the Lockdown Sceptics website ...
Dr Hugh WillbournJan 20, 20218 min#18 Living amongst the PossessedApproaching February 2021 where should we look for a comparison? To Rome in the year 180? To the American War in Vietnam? To...
Dr Hugh WillbournDec 24, 20205 min#17 Remedies for 2021The Problem The misadventure of 2020 has been so huge it is difficult to grasp and impossible to summarise. When we look back on the...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 16, 20205 min#16 Let’s make the next lockdown usefulThe UK Government has stated that on the 2nd of December it will lift lockdown restrictions. Maybe it will. However experience suggests...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 12, 20203 min#15 Botox for BorisA friend messaged me a couple of days ago: "It's good news about the vaccine, isn't it!" Others are better qualified than me to explore...
Dr Hugh WillbournNov 2, 20204 min#14 The World quits TherapyWorld: I quit. Pause. Me: Fair enough. Long pause. M: So … I guess that you have something to tell me. W: Why? M: Well… you didn’t have...
Dr Hugh WillbournOct 24, 20208 min#13 The World Therapy Session 2Me: Hello. Pause. Me: You look distressed. World: I feel terrible. Pause. Me: Hmmm. What sort of terrible? World: Same, same but worse....
Dr Hugh WillbournOct 12, 20206 min#12 What if the World needs Therapy?As a psychotherapist I ask myself, “What would I do if the world came to see me now?” Firstly, I think I'd say, “Well done. It takes...
Dr Hugh WillbournSep 13, 20205 min#11 The Omnibus PartyThe Lockdown Sceptics website recently asked its readers to propose a name for a new political party which would act in the interests of...
Dr Hugh WillbournAug 3, 20204 min#10 A realistic fearA new Director was being shown around a lunatic asylum. A patient standing in the corner of the ward, clapped his hands twice, regularly,...
Dr Hugh Willbourn#36 A Decent Democracy“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 'Table Talk' 5 October 1830 (1835) How come a poet, a...
Dr Hugh Willbourn#35 Books I haven't written yet: A new Series of PodcastsI have started a new series of Podcasts over at the Power House called, “Books I haven’t written yet.” I have too many notes for too...
Dr Hugh Willbourn#34 Beware the Old NormalSome covid-related restrictions are being lifted in some places and we are now well into revisionism and cover-ups. Our Governments can...