Earthquakes, Community, Rugby and Revolution
For rugby union fans the Super 15 competition is now getting interesting, and that interest as always is not only on the field. Events this week ensured that we think about the game, its social context and meaning, and its reach into events far beyond those we might normally associate with it. In the playing … Continue reading
Twittering Damascus
It was mesmerising to sit in Phnom Penh and “watch” on Twitter as events allegedly unfolded in Damascus overnight on 19/20 May and over the next 36 hours. Early on Sunday morning I logged on to Twitter as normal, because since signing up a year or so ago, after a lot of initial scepticism, it … Continue reading
Reading Highlights
In any reading life there occasionally comes along a spell where everything picked up (or now, rather, downloaded) turns out a winner. That probably mirrors the broader life itself: for the most part things meander along neither exceptionally nor unexceptionably, sometimes they turn ordinary to mediocre or even poor, every so often abysmal, leavened now … Continue reading
Brian Stoddart 