-
Archives
- October 2019
- September 2019
- November 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- January 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- July 2017
- December 2016
- October 2016
- May 2016
- March 2015
- April 2011
- March 2011
- April 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- September 2004
- August 2004
- July 2004
- June 2004
- May 2004
- April 2004
- March 2004
- February 2004
- January 2004
- December 2003
- November 2003
- October 2003
- September 2003
- August 2003
- July 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- March 2003
- February 2003
- January 2003
- December 2002
- November 2002
- October 2002
- September 2002
- August 2002
- July 2002
- June 2002
-
Meta
Yearly Archives: 2003
redneck patriotism
Well, at least they beat him up for his opinions, not his name. You have to register to read the original story, so I put the guts of it in the “more” section. Continue reading
Posted in War
Comments Off on redneck patriotism
Suppose nigel molesworth
were sent to Hogwarts — the parody I’ve linked to is wonderfully funny, and too long to quote. So you’ll just have to click on it. Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Comments Off on Suppose nigel molesworth
You want technology?
I have more bandwidth than I ever knew. Continue reading
Posted in Blather
Comments Off on You want technology?
This is how it begins
I don’t normally read much in the Sunday Times but this is a first-class, heart-breaking piece of war reporting. It is the story of how some American marines learned to kill Iraqi women and children. What makes it so fine … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in War
Comments Off on This is how it begins
The hard life
I’m haunted by an item in the Mail‘s “Ephraim Hardcastle” diary. It says that Jon Snow, the newsreader, is having his memoirs published by HarperColllinsInterCap, and this is embarrassing because of his views on Murdoch. However, HarperCollins offered him Continue reading
Posted in Journalism
3 Comments
Author! Author!
I defy any of you to identify, without using a search engine, the person who said this: “As for me, my mind has long been made up. Getting rid of one side or expelling the other, both are equally impossible … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in War
Comments Off on Author! Author!
more to come
OK, OK. I can’t get the cuttings blog working properly, and life’s too short to wrestle with CSS ona Saturday morning. So I will post a bunch of stuff from Conde Nast Traveller and Salon tomorrow. Continue reading
Posted in Travel notes
Comments Off on more to come
catching up
The story I just posted really was the last quarrel I ever had with Anita. We’re friends now, both still married to to other people and living a thousand miles apart; and she really liked the story I wrote about … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Blather
Comments Off on catching up
Growing up
The last quarrel I had with Anita we were sitting in pine needles by one of our favourite lakes. We were both safely married to other people by then, and chancing a reunion for all the tangled family: a picnic … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Travel notes
Comments Off on Growing up
Keith among the islands
What you get when you click more was published in the Independent on Sunday as a travel article, on March 15th, 1992. It isn’t, really. Continue reading
Posted in Travel notes
Comments Off on Keith among the islands