Monthly Archives: November 2002

literary life

Last night to CB2. We took with us the eight-year-old son of friends, who was disgusted to find that his burger tasted of beef, rather than McDonald

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No redeeming social value

like it says. Continue reading

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Copenhagen interpretations 1

I spent Saturday at a conference in Jesus college, organised by John Cornwell, on the subject of Werner Heisenberg’s war guilt and Michael Frayn’s play “Copenhagen”, which deals with the subject. The day started with a rehearsed reading of the … Continue reading Continue reading

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reasons for war

Bill Emmott, the editor of the Economist, has a lucid op-ed in today’s Guardian arguing for the war. The kernel of his argument is that only force, or the wholly convincing threat of overwhelming force, will make Saddam comply with … Continue reading Continue reading

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So perish all

Powerpoint users! This seems even worse than the dream I had all year when working as a paliamentary sketch writer: that I was taking a place on the opposition front benches stark naked, and everyone in the chamber had noticed … Continue reading Continue reading

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You can tell I should be working

But this should be flyposted all over London. Continue reading

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Editing

I sort of knew the Nielsen Haydens from the Well, so I drifted over quite naturally to their blogs when I discovered them. A real delight. Earlier this week, Patrick got tired of one contributor, so he banned him. The … Continue reading Continue reading

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awwww

This is just so sweet. (From Making Light.) Continue reading

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reviews

“Daddy, that was great! Except you sounded like a eunuch!” — A daughter listens to the radio — “Really. You sound like a castrated hamster.” Thank god she’s not one of those vile teenagers. Continue reading

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gone mobile

At last, I have joined the rest of the human race. I found a netgear router/wireless base station and a card for the laptop in Technomatics ( Continue reading

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