Saturday, 29 September 2012

Michaelmas: the original thanks-giving festival

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St Michael Yesterday, Saint Michael saved me from a terrible fate. I could have wasted my Friday evening watching the Indian cricket ...
Thursday, 27 September 2012

Meister Eckhart on Noble Work

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"Our works do not ennoble us; we must ennoble our works" - Meister Eckhart. I came across these words at a corporate...
Saturday, 22 September 2012

The difference between the United States of America and the States of a United Europe, explained on a taxi ride

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NYC taxi I was flying from New York to Frankfurt. I got a taxi in New York. My cabbie was a brown skinned guy with an accent. "W...
Sunday, 16 September 2012

Khalil Gibran on how Jeffery Johnson became a murderer

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"Oftentimes have I heard you speak of one who commits a wrong as though he were not one of you, but a stranger unto you and an intru...
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...