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September 20, 2012

‘How to Run the World’, P. Khanna

“The post-Cold War era will be remembered for the rapid emergence of a postmodern Middle Ages — a world without any single power in…

September 19, 2012

‘Map of a Nation’, R. Hewitt

“Many Hanoverian officers and soldiers turned to drink while working in north and west Scotland, and the Chief Engineer there was forced to apologise…

September 17, 2012

‘When You Went Away’, M. Baron

“Though we weren’t particularly close, I found I could write him at length and that he was a good virtual listener with some insightful…

September 17, 2012

‘Exile’, J. Ejersbo

‘Exile’. The title sounded promising. The Africa trilogy. The series sounded promising. Jakob Ejersbo. No prejudice either way towards Danish writers. That was before….

September 16, 2012

‘The Madman’, K. Gibran

“For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted…

September 15, 2012

Reflection Geophysics

Reflection geophysics, or at least how we apply reflection in the modern day, has made me think quite a bit of how they used…

August 29, 2012

BBC’s ‘Ancient Rome’

While I’ve usually been a fan of historical documentaries, a recent try at BBC’s Ancient Rome series proved to me that these creatures can…

August 28, 2012

‘Delicacy’, D. Foenkinos

“There are incredible people whom we meet at the wrong moment. And there are people who are incredible because we meet them at the…

August 28, 2012

‘A Lesser Dependency’, P. Benson

“The noise of the ocean along the shore, the feel of it over his feet any time he wanted, the sight of it disappearing…

August 20, 2012

‘The Living Mountain’, N. Shepherd

“This narrow loch has never, I believe, been sounded. I know its depth, though not in feet.” ‘The Living Mountain’ is a brilliant work…

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