Thursday, 30 August 2012

Why Andrew Strauss shows MS Dhoni's captaincy in such good light

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Andrew Strauss Andrew Strauss retired yesterday. Strauss is a good egg, a decent chap. He has been a fine player and captain, has serv...
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Monday, 27 August 2012

Beautiful Ashes: Sally Mann introduces her exhibition at the Fotografiska, Stockholm

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In Samuel Beckett's "Endgame", the madman Hamm stands at the asylum window staring at the beautiful seasi...
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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

The Palio di Siena: an alternative to Olympic nationalism

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Palio di Siena at the Piazza di Campo There is a general perception that a great sporting event that harks back to antiquity and deli...
Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Much Ado About Nothing, set in contemporary Delhi, playing at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Watched the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Much Ado About Nothing last weekend, and loved it. The magic ingredient? It...
Saturday, 4 August 2012

Is Maria Sharapova Russian or American?

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Maria Sharapova carries the Russian flag at the Olympics Is Maria Sharapova American, because she lives in Florida, having learnt ten...
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Daniel Barenboim conducts...learning to lead like the great conductors

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Daniel Barenboim conducting the West Eastern Divan Orchestra The BBC Proms, on TV this week, features the West Eastern Divan Orchestra...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Ithaka is to some what Tatooine is to others

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Luke Skywalker strides towards the twin sunset on Tatooine I'd posted yesterday about the poem "Keep Ithaka always in the mi...
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