O, Barcelona
Let me be frank: the conference was a squib. The combination of upper thirties humidity, limited to no ventilation and the prospect of too much choice resulted in a distinct after taste of bathos....
View ArticleMore Police Brutality: 10 Points for Guessing the Country
And it may surprise you: When M. began taking pictures, she was arrested. She was taken into police custody where she was violently dragged by her hair, chained to a radiator, hit, kicked, spat upon,...
View ArticleEid Mubarak!
I cannot decide whether I am a very remiss blogger, or timely – accordingly to Google, yesterday was Eid al-Adha. This was affirmed by my the celebratory midday feast gathering at the University and...
View ArticleSnow.
Apparently, it can be lovely: And as there is naught but snow predicted, expect several more posts of a similar ilk. Also: who knew that being rolled down a hill by a snow-frenzied Man could be so fun?...
View ArticleA Winter’s Walk
Gently falling snow, dim street lights, trees, church bells, dusk… Almost Victorian. I half expected a country urchin to gambol out with a dirty face and hobnail boots before squeaking, ‘Spare a...
View ArticleBest of the Rest: A History of Silvio Berlusconi’s Sex-Scandal Sketchiness
Because if we’re honest, it’s been hard to keep up with the septugenarian Prime minister. Mercifully, Jezebel have provided a concise chronology with highlights (or should that be low-lights?) of his...
View ArticleHello Wasta, It’s Been A While
Whether it is the relentless passage of time, the inexorable progress of age or merely the corrosive rot of cynicism, I am finding rejection easier to take. Which is a good thing, since a career in...
View ArticlePomegranates and Swedes
My camera has languished untouched for months. Aside from the snowfall of December, inspiration has proved elusive and induced the longest pictorial hiatus. Until just now, this moment, when I turned...
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