Dear readers,
I’m very excited to announce that Cycle Lifestyle magazine now has a sibling: the Journal of Modern Wisdom.
It’s a new collection of writings from leading public thinkers, including Lord Richard Layard, Theodore Dalrymple and Judith Rich Harris, aiming to discover new ways of achieving enduring virtues and pleasures, and to put wisdom back on the agenda.
I’ve always thought of cycling as an enduring virtue, not to mention a huge pleasure. The bicycle has been around for nearly 200 years, and, despite the odd false promise, what other invention can be said to be so useful and so fun? It seems to me that wise people cycle – and cycling makes people wiser.
The Journal of Modern Wisdom (www.modernwisdom.co.uk) features writings on food, parenting, happiness, depression, manufacturing, social deviance, painting and the comedy of Bill Hicks. I hope that among these topics, too, avid ‘cycle lifestylers’ will find some inspiration.
Best wishes – Ben
