Editorial

After years of asking what Brida is, who it is for and whether anybody might eventually pay for it, the Mayor has finally received a definitive answer. An obituary for a man who asked one question too many. The Mayor died today after a long and largely unsuccessful struggle with curiosity. The immediate cause of…

We talk about language as a skill, a product and, increasingly, something a machine can produce. But language began somewhere simpler: with one person trying to reach another. When we forget the person, communication may continue, but something essential disappears. A sentence can now be produced without a human being typing it. We know this….