A Thinking Man

You could say it was all about underwear, but that would be being too simplistic - not least because it was only the women who were undressed.
On Friday my wife and I trundled down to London to see a show. Following the principle of “Now that the kids have flown, let’s get some life [...]

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Thanks to Unsaved for bringing this to my attention.
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Apologies, dear reader(s) for my less than prolific output in the past few days (I honestly don’t know how you have coped), but I have been living in ‘interesting times’. I have had several things preoccupying me and stealing the precious time that otherwise would have been devoted to filling this space. However, [...]

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Florence was great … she was really great!
We duomoed until we were duomoed out. We Ponte Vecchioed at dusk until there was no more dusk. We museoed and arted until sensory overload refused to carry any more appreciation of the priceless and beautiful things in front of our eyes. We enjoyed waking [...]

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Ted Rye (Born, August 3rd 1920. Died, March 8th 1999.)
Edwin Rye (known as Ted) was the son of a Blacksmith.
He grew up in, and around, King’s Lynn, and joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment at the start of the Second World War. However, he was soon captured and spent most of the war in various [...]

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It looks like the over-friendly or grumpy waiter could be about to disappear from some restaurants (and when I say ‘about’, I probably actually mean within the next 15 years or so) . The reason will not be down to heavy investment in staff training in the catering industry, but to technology. There [...]

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On February 27, England had the biggest earthquake in 24 years, measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale. I know it is old news now, but as I slept through it (despite it waking my family and neighbours), I was keen to know what it was like, and I found the following amusing.
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The Book of Dave by Will Self is a wonderfully rich and inventive novel describing two very different but parallel worlds - one set in the present day London, and one in the outskirts of the city about five hundred years hence. But beneath the distraction and dazzle of these worlds there are two [...]

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I have reprinted below an appeal by Amnesty International on behalf of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Democratic Republic of Congo: Abuse and arbitrary detention of women political activists
Politically motivated arrests in the country have been particularly high since the first democratic elections in 2006. There have been widespread reports of supporters from opposition [...]

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I am grateful to Prospect for enlightening me. (And by the way, this is written ‘tongue in cheek’ so don’t flame me with angry comments. It’s Friday morning, and I’ve wound down already!) Apparently there is a big difference between maths undergraduates, and those studying philosophy. I always suspected that was [...]

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