This is the website of David Jones: essays, notes, links & clippings about literature, history, technology, travel, art, economics, and whatever else has caught my attention. Some pieces are new; others are older writing being restored to the site.
Selected writing
- Emily Wilson's Odyssey What Emily Wilson's 'complicated man' loses from Homer's pattern of turning, wandering and return. Literature and language · History and culture
- Getting married in Japan How we married in Tokyo as two British visitors, from translating documents to registering at the municipal office. Travel and place · History and culture
- Seeing off Yuan the Second on a Mission to Anxi My translation of Wang Wei's farewell poem: a cup of wine before a friend travels beyond Yang Pass. Literature and language · History and culture
- Bayesian Thinking An introduction to Bayes' theorem and what updating our beliefs can teach us about knowledge and uncertainty. Mathematics and probability · Society and ideas
- The noble lie of Ada Lovelace Questioning the first-programmer story and whether an inspiring myth does justice to women in science. Technology and computing · History and culture
- Economics and Trust in Veterinary Care Why trust, urgency and corporate ownership complicate the idea that clearer prices will make veterinary care competitive. Society and ideas
- Pronouncing Don Quixote in La Mancha Reading Cervantes in Spain leads to a puzzle about pronunciation, English rhyme and the name Don Quixote. Literature and language · History and culture
Browse by topic
- Literature and language Poetry, translation, books, language and literary oddities.
- Mathematics and probability Mathematics, statistics, probability and ways of reasoning under uncertainty.
- Technology and computing Computing, software, AI and the history and practice of technology.
- History and culture History, cultural inheritance and the ways old ideas survive into the present.
- Travel and place Places, journeys and what becomes visible by being somewhere else.
- Society and ideas Economics, ethics, politics, institutions and arguments about how people organise themselves.
Recently added or revised
Getting married in Japan revised 08 Sep 2026
Pronouncing Don Quixote in La Mancha revised 08 Sep 2026
The Banach-Tarski Paradox revised 08 Sep 2026
The Best Metaphor revised 08 Sep 2026
Seeing off Yuan the Second on a Mission to Anxi revised 08 Sep 2026
The noble lie of Ada Lovelace revised 08 Sep 2026
Latest links
Hasui Kawase creating a woodblock print (English narration)
Sprachlogik a philosophy blog with a focus on logic and language
Philosophy, Medieval Logic and the London Plumbing Crisis : Beyond Necessity
Another urban sketcher using a Zebra nib Matt Gibbons (@mattgibbonsstudio) • Instagram photos and videos
Original Art & Best Tools for Sketching with Dong Ho Kim
Easy JAPANESE CURRY RICE » Made with Golden Curry
Don Low | Illustration | Design | Comics | Paintings | Sketches