https://chriscooney.co.uk/ Photography, philosophy, software, and the odd field note from Chris Cooney. https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/cannae.html On a small field in southern Italy, in August 216 BC, an eighty-thousand-strong Roman army was annihilated in a single afternoon. The reason, mostly, was that Rome had been arguing with itself. Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/camus.html On Albert Camus, his short novel about a man who refused to lie, and the cheerfullest piece of philosophy of the twentieth century. Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/wittgenstein.html Two of the twentieth century's celebrated philosophers spent ten minutes shouting at each other over a fireplace poker. Neither of them was wrong. Fri, 08 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/master-and-margarita.html Mikhail Bulgakov spent twelve years writing a book the Soviet apparatus had no language for. He was right to. Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/context-harvesting.html The agent already has the context it needs — most teams just throw it away. Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/society-of-the-spectacle.html One great insight from Guy Debord's prescient little book. Fri, 23 May 2025 16:18:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/city-photography.html Looking for quiet in cities, failing, and finding something better. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:18:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/birding.html I think I'm an old man now. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/astro-photography.html Thoughts from staring at the stars. Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/lough-foyle.html Walking a flat road towards a flat sea. Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://chriscooney.co.uk/articles/northern-lights.html The aurora over Northern Ireland. Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT