Will Buckingham

@willbuckingham.com

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Writer (HELLO, STRANGER, Granta 2022) & philosopher. In Pingtung, Taiwan, with a foot in Scotland. Professor @ Parami University, Myanmar. Director @windandbones.com https://www.willbuckingham.com https://www.windandbones.com

Photo of a wooden beam with images of figures, and above a lintel with an image of SpongeBob.
East Asian architecture with ochre walls and blue skies.
Screenshot with image, on the left, of a red-faced statue of the goddess Mazu and, on the right, of famous Leicester historical celebrity, Daniel Lambert
Poster in muted reds and khaki green, with two women dressed in black. Text reads: mother tongue i. the first language that you learn when you are a baby, rather than a language learned at school or as an adult ii. one's native language Language, memory, forgetting... Join Taiwanese-Canadian writer Hilda Hoy（金邦琳） for the Tainan launch of her acclaimed book. Mother Tongue. No. 18, Lane 61, Zhengxing St, Qiancao Village, West Central District, Tainan 700 Thursday 9 July 2026 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm WIND&BONES Free event! No registration necessary
Book cover with two corvids - a raven and a blue magpie. Text reads Taigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic.
Patterned plate with caramel pudding and fruit. Freesias in a vase in the background.
Two women behind a table with microphones.
Poster reading "mother tongue: A journey of regaining the lost voice." Date 6/6, Saturday. Time 15:45 - 17:15. Poster in pale green with copy of book cover.
Image of pink and white checker pattern tablecloth in plastic casing. Text reads Senior New Type Tablecloth, No Poison No Taste.
Concrete building with text reading "Grimm Kindergarten"
Faded sign with three children, and text that reads 在童顏裏
Bicycle in front of painted shutters.
Shutters with painting of hairdresser
Sitters painted with mural of cat, with brooms in foreground.
Cover of children's book. Title reads "Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish", Michael Foreman. Image shows two gleeful dinosaurs trampling on cars.
Table with Turkish tiles and coffees. In the background, banana palms and mango trees.
Laptop with long wooden table inside a brick room
Screenshot of a TV show (Million-Follower Detective / 百萬人推理) with a young man in an orange hoodie asking 巴巴萬加又是誰啊？ Who is Baba Vanga anyway?
Crusty bread, with a leafy green plant and a pot of jam in the background. All on a green and white checked tablecloth.
Screenshot showing a trail of blue circles. The middle circle had a bear riding a scooter on it. The bear is smartly dressed and waving.
Concrete arch with relief sculptures of gods and vegetables playing musical instruments.
Statue of standing figure made of railway tracks, with a hat and fishing net
Text reads “Chicken or duck, which came first”
Orange book cover reading Hello, Stranger, with a train in the background.
Striped green cloth background and a framed, faded photo of seven figures.
Zoom screenshot reading: "How could we make this class more like an Epicurean garden? (That is, a space dedicated to the cultivation of pleasure, and the freedom from pain)?"
Mural of Adam and Eve, with a snake, a koala, a spaceship, and a sign reading 分別善惡樹 （tree of the knowledge of good and evil）.
Taiwanese temple at night with two figures in white standing on a stage, performing.
Black and white photograph of child on rocking horse
Yellow booklet on striped cloth. Cover image of woman’s face in black and white, text reads 吉他伴奏台語歌謠精選
Brown record cover with record on turntable.
Ochre wall with round doorway in shadow, and low trees in front.
Newspaper headline text. Reads as follows Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens, says former policy expert Financial markets could collapse if the American government confirms the existence of alien life Rebecca Thomas Sunday 18 January 2026 14:59 GMT
Bearded man in dungarees, glasses and tiny hat smiling in the foreground. In the background, racks of drying machines, and a laptop.
Text reading as follows; Schol We see then that the mind can undergo considerable changes, and can pass now to a state of greater perfection, now to one of less perfection, and it is these passive transitions [passiones] that explicate for us the emotions of Pleasure [laetitia] and Pain [tristitia]. So in what follows I shall understand by pleasure "the passive transition of the mind to a state of greater perfection," and by pain "the passive transition of the mind to state of less perfec-tion." The emotion of pleasure when it is simultaneously related to mind and body I call Titillation [titillatio] or Cheerfulness [hilari-tas]; the emotion of pain when it is similarly related I call Anguish [dolor] or Melancholy [melancholia]. But be it noted that titillation and anguish are related to man when one part of him is affected more than others, cheerfulness and melancholy when all parts ar equally affected. As to Desire [cupiditas], I have explained what is in Schol. Pr. 9, III, and I acknowledge no primary emotion oth hose three. But before
Ginger and white cat, looking towards the camera.
Bronze statue of seated camel. Probably life-sized, depending on the camel.
Fuzzy shot through car window of ostrich running down the road, with caption "Hualien man fined after pet ostrich runs wild."
Cup of coffee with a card depicting Walter Benjamin.
Four photos with pictures of men wrapped up in layers of duvets / fabric, on the catwalk.
Image of two bear-shaped lanterns in santa hats over a pond, with snowflake-shaped lights.
Ginger and white long-haired cat.
Short-haired ginger and white cat with orange eyes. He looks very innocent.
Cat seen from below. She's long-haired and looks a bit crazy. Her nose is very pink.
Two cats, looking at the camera. The one on the left is kind of tabby, while the one on the right is black and white. Their right ears are clipped. They are sitting in a green cushion.
A group of people smiling for the cameras. From row on five chairs, back row standing. In the background is a screen with a slide announcing “”Philosophy and Utopia”
Text screenshot: If you have any questions or need assistance, please message the host or ask the old lady at No. 33 diagonally opposite for assistance. Thank you and welcome!
Ornament of horse pulling cart with urn. Kind of bling.
Play poster with four figures, two male and two female, in Taiwan Japanese colonial era dress. Text reads 無米喔！ 就煮你的愛情？
Videoconferencing screen with headshot of Judith Butler, and small image of zoom window with a man smiling. Text at the bottom reads 本來是出自知名學者巴特勒的「性別展演」理論, or 'It originally stems from the renowned scholar Judith Butler's theory of "gender performativity".'
Event poster, with four photographs of participants. Copy reads: Yalanthy Masrikat, Tanimbar Weaver Dr. Will Buckingham, Philosopher & Writer Hiyashinte Klise, Founder Lamerenan Foundation Moderator: Poppy Barkah, Perkumpulan Wastra Indonesia TANIMBAR TALES: HYBRID DISCUSSION & HAND-LOOM TRIAL Contribution: Rp 50.000 / person (for light snacks) 10 November 2025 10 AM - 12 PM Parara Indonesian Ethical Store JI. Kemang Timur No. 52A Note: Session includes weaving demonstration and participants can also test the loom individually upon request. Information & Registration: 081511404784
Dark alleyway with yellow/orange lanterns.
Four smiling people standing in front of a sign reading "Southeast Asia at the Crossroad: Global Changes and Prospect"
Three people grinning under a sign that reads discover the taste of Southeast Asia.
Two women sitting in front of a laptop, holding microphones. Both have short hair and glasses, and have the air of being writers — which indeed they are!
Mural of a sausage dog….
Text reads "Danish authorities say 'professional actor' responsible for airport drone attacks - Europe Live"
Airport seats and the back view of a cuddly toy highland cow, and its owner, a woman in a pink hoodie.