Religious zeal – or what's worse
Politics: An interview with Hanif Kureishi about what has happened to the world since the fatwa against Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. It’s very interesting and deserves to be read by anyone who...
View ArticleIs less always more or only sometimes?
Together with a lot of other Twitterers, I’ve enjoyed this article in the New York Times. It’s written by the clearly renowned writer Pico Iyer, although I *shamefully hangs head* had never heard of...
View ArticleI love this woman
Her name is Lenore and she’s a New Yorker. Some time ago she wrote a small article in a relatively obscure paper which inadvertently changed her life. She admitted that she’d let her child ride the...
View ArticleLike walking in water
is what my intellectual life has felt like lately. I’ve read a lot of very inspiring stuff but felt completely incapable of commenting on it in a way suitable for publication. But then I read how a...
View ArticleGood taste
I read about a website and a book called Stuff White People Like in the Sunday Times. It both fascinated and irritated me and I couldn’t get it out of my head. I believe that I have a fairly good eye...
View ArticleBrain waves
In the car today, my youngest son (8) demanded an explanation of the word “depression”. Not sure where he’d picked it up – maybe he was flicking through a magazine at the hairdressers earlier? I tried...
View ArticleWaving the feminist flag again
Knowing how it upsets quite a few of my male readers I just can’t help myself. It’s Ada Lovelace day today, so we’re celebrating women who have excelled in technology. I’ve chosen not to celebrate any...
View ArticleBut I use spell-checker!
I’ve heard that often from people who believe that a spell check is enough to render their writing faultless. Firstly, the spell check only catches spelling mistakes (hence the name). It doesn’t catch...
View ArticleAn Apple a day
As today is a very special day for all us Apple-geeks, I’ll use some of the horrible hours of waiting to present to you a bit of nerdy news. We’re talking everything from strictly business to strictly...
View ArticleThe love of books
This week I’ve been thinking about and discussing copyright a lot, because of #ACTA (see my previous post). This, and an article about Jonathan Franzen’s attitude to e-books, has made me think more...
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