Monthly Archives: December 2005

Social Studies

Posted on December 11, 2005 by acb

On Friday I found myself in a rather grand country house hotel, lunching with a widowed duchess. countess. This was the sort of place where, if you’re cold, you put on another rope of pearls, made even more enjoyable because … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Notes from a literary party

Posted on December 6, 2005 by acb

I talked with a woman whom I had not seen for years about the profile business. She told me about interviewing a hero of mine (and hers, perhaps even yours, oh cultured readers), who told her that his deepest romantic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The house troll

Posted on December 4, 2005 by acb

Is ready here. I mean to go back and turn it into much better English, but at least this is a draft, which shows the storyline. Continue reading →

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Miscellanea

Posted on December 4, 2005 by acb

Jeremy Ahouse points me to a small reason for pride in our profession: an interview in the New Yorker wth the woman who wrote their (print-only) piece on the Dover trial, in which she points out that the real predictor … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ethical Christmas presents

Posted on December 3, 2005 by acb

Some people are upset about the craze for giving charity goats to Africa. In Africa, the real goats gnaw at everything they can reach, still further deforesting a fragile ecosystem; in this country the certificate gnaws at the recipient’s self-esteem, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Longer Andrew Brown

Posted on December 1, 2005 by acb

Perhaps I should just change my name to Biggles and get over it. Two people have asked me to day if I wrote a biography of JD Bernal which has just come out. No, I didn’t. That was some other … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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