Sunday, 23 May 2021

Can writers actually write together? Evidence from Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky and the Aussies called Alice.

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Can writers actually write together? Can writers jam together the way members of a rock or jazz band might, to create something better than ...
Sunday, 16 May 2021

Monty Python's The Life of Brian. (Almost) Starring Jiddu Krishnamurthy

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Jiddu Krishnamurthy was the chosen one. He was the messiah. He had been anointed as the messiah, as the World Teacher, the new Maitreya, by ...
Sunday, 9 May 2021

Lamenting the loss of Kalami, Scramoge and Scackleton, while celebrating the triumph of Hextable, Scraptoft and Corriecravie

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This blogpost started as an elegy for words from The Meaning of Liff  which are no longer relevant. Consider Kalami : The ancient Eastern ar...
Sunday, 25 April 2021

Finding Malgudi in the Mediterranean, with Victoria Hislop

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Since I can’t physically holiday on the Mediterranean this summer, I’m doing the next best thing and reading about Mediterranean holiday loc...
Saturday, 24 April 2021

Paul Kennedy's Book Cover - The Fine Art of Being Wrong

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This has to be one of my favourite book covers of all time: That illustration on the bottom right so crisply summarises how easy it is for...
Sunday, 18 April 2021

Dear Marie Kondo, Please come to India and play Holi...

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Marie Kondo, the Japanese decluttering guru, wearing a signature white dress Dear Marie, I love KonMari. Your world famous decluttering me...
Saturday, 10 April 2021

If Rahul Dravid had discovered his inner "gunda" while he was the Indian captain...

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This advert  – showing Rahul Dravid as Indira Nagar ka Gunda – has totally made my weekend. Rahul Dravid - Indira Nagar ka gunda It also l...
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