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Yearly Archives: 2003
Eeek!
I see that Ros Taylor has linked to this site from the Guardian’s travel section. I had better put some travel journalism up here, then. Give me half an hour, will you? I’d do it at once, but I was … Continue reading Continue reading
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the balance of forces
I was talking to Dr Longley yesterday and the conversation, unavoidably, came round to the war. “I was on the fence”, he said, “until the bloody French pushed me off. Now I think that anything that gets rid of Saddam … Continue reading Continue reading
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robust criticism
Even when I was very young and in a terrible hurry I don’t think I ever wrote anything quite this savage. I certainly never got it published. But in those days the web didn’t exist. Continue reading
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A question answered
Q: Why does America need allies? A: So there is at least one army which won’t spoil the war by firing back. Continue reading
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technological superiority
One area in which America continues to rule the world: the manufacture of first-class fly rods. Not all of them are overpriced, either. For my birthday, my wife had our friend Howard Bethel make me a four-piece four weight rod. … Continue reading Continue reading
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nemesis
Well, the morning was rolling along fine, until I had a perfectly classic conversation with an editor. She started by saying “I really love the piece”, and within ten minutes had got to “The boxes are fine. We can keep … Continue reading Continue reading
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good press
Just when I thought the worm book was over in this country, along comes a delicious review in the Sunday Times. And I caught three trout over the weekend, but that is a subject for a later entry. First to … Continue reading Continue reading
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And, while in Sweden
It turns out the whole country has been mapped, online, at an almost unbelievable level of detail. How detailed? Well, on some of these maps I could point out exactly where you must stand to catch a fish. There are … Continue reading Continue reading
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What midsummer should be like
These pictures bring back a whole lost world. If you don’t have broadband, don’t bother. I’ve never heard of any of these bands myself, but I have no difficulty believing them. Every weekend, on the open-air grounds in summer known … Continue reading Continue reading
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mormon romance
Of course, it’s poossible the reason they don’t have sex scenes is that no one wants to write about the passionate couple getting stuck in their underwear. Continue reading
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