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QWAN - Quality Without A Name
The many and varied thoughts of Martyn Foster
Welcome to QWAN - Quality Without A Name. This is the blog of writer Martyn Foster who embodies the spirit of QWAN through producing high quality pieces of writing without being a household name.
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Remembering you’re still human…
…all too human…
Martyn Foster
Dec 15, 20234 min read
Limitation can be good
It’s the happiness of pursuit rather than the other way around.
Martyn Foster
Dec 8, 20234 min read
Money & Art – Part II
A follow up discussion to an ever-present question.
Martyn Foster
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Solitude vs Social
Lone wolf vs the pack.
Martyn Foster
Nov 3, 20234 min read
Time & Technology
Making us superhuman or less human?
Martyn Foster
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Why is Halloween becoming bigger than Christmas?
Is it a pleasure in the darkness or a lack of light?
Martyn Foster
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Acceptable rule breaking
Asking for forgiveness rather than permission.
Martyn Foster
Oct 6, 20233 min read
Ambition and excellence
Why you need both arrogance and humility.
Martyn Foster
Sep 15, 20234 min read
Lightening the load
Even the serious must learn to be light-hearted.
Martyn Foster
Sep 1, 20233 min read
Nietzsche is dead
He may have been dead for over a century, but his influence remains widespread.
Martyn Foster
Aug 25, 20233 min read
That winning spirit
The ability of sport to bring people together.
Martyn Foster
Aug 18, 20233 min read
An honest discussion about honesty
Why people find it difficult and the rise of dishonest people.
Martyn Foster
Aug 11, 20234 min read
It’s just me against the world, baby!
Feelings of loneliness, isolation and being misunderstood.
Martyn Foster
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Greed, I decree! More than you need!
Why we do it, its many forms, and effects.
Martyn Foster
Jul 14, 20234 min read
Life makes no sense
Absurd or a sign of giving up?
Martyn Foster
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Ethical sponsorship in sport – Part II
A follow up discussion to an increasingly hot topic.
Martyn Foster
Jun 16, 20236 min read
Creators of our own demise
Why man has a habit of getting in his own way.
Martyn Foster
Jun 9, 20234 min read
The cost of liberty
Second amendment, mass shootings, guns and freedom.
Martyn Foster
Jun 2, 20236 min read
The meritocracy hypocrisy
Why we don’t really live in a meritocratic society.
Martyn Foster
May 26, 20233 min read
Confronting my ignorance
The more I know, the more I realise what I don’t know.
Martyn Foster
May 19, 20233 min read
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