Posted in Books, Politics on 2 April 2008 | No Comments »
I bought a couple of books recently - The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umbertor Eco, from Footsteps, a bookshop café in Whaley Bridge and I’ve just now got hold of Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Neither, as I’m sure you know but I’ll point it out anyway, regardless of the comment’s [...]
Posted in Politics, Travel on 9 January 2008 | No Comments »
I am now in possession of four train tickets: Delhi to Magaon (Goa), Madgaon to Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai (Bombay), and Mumbai to Delhi (Delhi). I should arrive back in the capital in two weeks, spend the Wednesday night here, probably buy some souvenirs, then fly back home on Thursday 24th. The train ride [...]
Posted in Politics, Thoughts on 1 December 2007 | No Comments »
The last few days have seen the story of Gillian Gibbons broadcast over the airwaves. She’s been charged with insulting Islam in Khartoum, having named her students’ teddy bear Mohammed (or having allowed it to be named this). And today she’s been sentenced to fifteen days in jail.
Having taught English in a foreign country will [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Politics on 21 November 2006 | No Comments »
As I’ve been typing these last few posts, I’ve been half watching CNN’s coverage of the assassination of the Lebanese industry minister, Pierre Gemayel. I saw the news come in. The anchorman was constantly looking down at his screen, saying first that Gemayel had been shot, then that he was seriously injured, then that Al-Jazeera [...]
Posted in Humour, Politics on 7 July 2006 | No Comments »
While I’m typing away at my latest batch of blog posts I’ve got This Week on the TV beside me. In the light of David Beckham’s recent resignation as the England captain, Andrew Neil made a crack about Tony Blair: he asked, Will the Prime Minister end it like Beckham?
Posted in Life, Politics, Thoughts on 6 April 2006 | No Comments »
Yesterday my building was hosting Exercise Hawthorn, the national practice session for dealing with an outbreak of avian influenza. Then it was cancelled earlier today when a dead swan was found that appeared to be a victim of bird flu. So now, having set everything up for the exercise, we’re in an excellent logistical position [...]
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