Yearly Archives: 2006

Give this man a job

Posted on July 22, 2006 by acb

It is a mystery to me why “Billmon” is not the best known American lefty blogger. I did actually urge the Guardian to recruit him at one stage. I can’t understand why newspapers don’t reprint stuff like this. UPDATE anyone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Who can Jesus love?

Posted on July 21, 2006 by acb

Some people might think that there is not enough on this blog about Christians. Well, most of what interests me about Austen Ivereigh is libellous, though I may try to write the printable bits of the story. In the mean … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Apology to commentators

Posted on July 17, 2006 by acb

I just found and published around ten comments which had been posted during my Swedish trip and filed as junk by MT without any notification reaching me. I thought after the last upgrade that I would be informed of all … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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disconnected shorts

Posted on July 14, 2006 by acb

One of the canapé fashions in London this year is post-modern fish and chips: a few long thin potato fries arranged around a goujon of cod, and perhaps a couple of whitebait, in a cone of newspaper about the size … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Back (from the buzzards)

Posted on July 11, 2006 by acb

24 hours and normal service has already resumed: I am sitting at a desk in Essex, faffing, eating too much and resisting the thought of walks because, after all, where could I go that was new or interesting? But a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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the sweets of fame

Posted on July 5, 2006 by acb

Three journalists interviewed me in the last week: the last one came completely at random, as the result of a vox pop on the weather in Uddevalla; someone from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney tracked me down in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I am so glad that England lost

Posted on July 1, 2006 by acb

some football game which was, at least according to Sky News, the most important story of the evening except for the scheduled riot afterwards,which seems to have been postponed by jealous Germans. In general, I was obviously hoping that England … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Possibly the best café in Europe,

Posted on June 29, 2006 by acb

for travelers of a bohemian disposition, is here. I know you may be expecting larger or more dramatic travel notes, but I decided that either I dumped my diary here more or less whole, or I did nothing much. So, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Still not here

Posted on June 19, 2006 by acb

But there are photos here I haven’t forgotten this place, but my internet connecitons are just too intermittent on this journey for me to try to blog. Still, this morning, I have been away from home for three weeks. In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Hiatus

Posted on May 28, 2006 by acb

I’m off on a journey tomorrow, and, while I may be blogging from it, it’s just as likely that I won’t be. I certainly hope to pass much of the time right off line. So expect no postings. I may … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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