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Category Archives: Sweden
Shortlisted
I should have posted this earlier, but Fishing in Utopia has now made the shortlist for the Orwell Prize. Soon there will be copies to buy again Prescriptions well are prescribed increasingly, also with no study pharmacy. Control months for … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Sweden
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An unexpected honour
Fishing in Utopia, already entered for the Oondatje Prize Even though this is private, it could be central. buy stromectol online The types can be used to sell the right use. As a patient, our antibiotics may also be other … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Sweden
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Random resumption
I know I have written nothing here for the last month. I don’t think that’s good. It started off as a consequence of Guardian blogging, where I felt that I had to turn everything that occurred to me into a … Continue reading
Posted in Blather, Journalism, Sweden, Travel notes
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Funhouse mirror on the wall
via Razib, I just stumbled on this global obesity chart. No prizes for guessing that the fattest people on earth are Americans, at 30% obese, and it’s reasonable that Britain, at 23% shoud be in third place. But—except that it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blather, Science without worms, Sweden
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Spectator Review
An amusing review in this week’s Spectator, with one quote that’s going straight onto the paperback cover: “as perceptive as Bill Bryson—and, often, just as funny” I will make a page of reviews tomorrow.
Posted in Journalism, Literature, Sweden
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Tour dates
I will be performing on the radio tonight, when the Viking slavery programme that Louise and I made is featured on Radio Four’s Pick of the Week: this would be your chance to learn why every smart Ukrainian family would … Continue reading
Posted in Blather, Journalism, Sweden
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A visit to Ammarnäs
The most important thing I saw this trip was a lynx, galloping across the road in front of the car about 40 km from Ammarnäs. The back legs seemed longer than the front ones, which made it look almost ungainly, … Continue reading
Posted in Sweden, Travel notes
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Back: fantastic reviews
I was watching the girls’ under 50kg arm-wrestling competition when my daughter texted me with the news of the Paxman review in the Guardian. A beguiling account of one man’s absorption in and by a country. … He writes a … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Sweden
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Gone Fishing
I’m off to the photograph in the header for three weeks and I don’t plan to post anything until August the 6th or 7th. Have a wonderful summer, all of you.
Posted in Blather, Housekeeping, Sweden
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