Monthly Archives: February 2005

American Literature (2)

Posted on February 6, 2005 by acb

Poking around the second-hand bookshops of Walden on Saturday, I found an Alison Lurie novel I didn’t know existed. Other people might get that excited about the discovery of lost plays of Sophocles. I just want to say that The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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American Literature (1)

Posted on February 6, 2005 by acb

The FWB and I have been watching the television mini-series of Lonesome Dove. This has had three consequences. I have ordered five McMurtry books from Abebooks. I have known, and loved, one of his early lnovels, All My friends are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I’ll stop calling them bigots

Posted on February 5, 2005 by acb

When they stop saying things like this: The Right Rev. Josias Sendegeya, Anglican bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda, and his wife, Dorothee, were in neighboring Burundi during the genocide that took place in their country 10 years ago. Dorothee’s mother and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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paradigmatically rubbish

Posted on February 4, 2005 by acb

Some pseudoliterate has been reminiscing in the Guardian about the dotcom boom in Hoxton: “The satirical fanzine Shoreditch Twat, which I published, was born out of this confusion, seeking to make sense of the stampede of east London paradigms who … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More sherry, Vicar?

Posted on February 3, 2005 by acb

“I heard of this kind of thing in mortuary school” said the investigating detective. This is a completely pointless but strangely charming story of a woman who decided to help her alcoholic husband out after he became unable to drink. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Global fame narrowly averted

Posted on February 2, 2005 by acb

I see that 12 people voted for this site in the Satin Pyjamas awards for best European weblog — not that I was nominated for that eminence, but as one of the blogs people should read more. Well, that was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Somewhere in New York

Posted on February 2, 2005 by acb

There is a collector of dolls who likes to dress them up in Nazi uniforms, and have the cadet sitting on the officer’s knee. “here’s a bunch of guys in a cardboard box before i hide them – i have … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Great moments in British journalism

Posted on February 2, 2005 by acb

The front page of today’s Daily Mail. The Express was almost identical. I suppose that to win the next election, Blair will announce that householders have the right to shoot asylum seekers, but only if they’re very very angry. Continue reading →

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Google anthropology

Posted on February 1, 2005 by acb

The FWB was muttering over her my laptop this afternoon when the words “Legolas girl” emerged coherently. This was, she said, the teenage female equivalent of being called Nathan Barley. I said no one could possibly call themselves that. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oh for the wings of a nut

Posted on February 1, 2005 by acb

Friends in the business have been sending me a fine list of religious reasons for the tsunami. I thought nothing could top Paul Johnson‘s proof, in the Spectator, that the disaster proves the existence of a benevolent God but I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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