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‘It’s Not A Sprint’: a 4.5 year half-reunion
Last night I went to a play alone, called ‘It’s Not a Sprint’. It was performed as part of the Vault festival in Waterloo; staged in a cavernous complex containing half-a-dozen different auditoriums and dark, damp pubs with high ceilings. Here is the trailer. It’s a play written by and starring actress Grace Chapman. She…
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Hbomberguy’s Top Five Videos
He’s a YouTuber who’s famous now because he raised $360,000 for Mermaids. Here are his best other videos.
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People’s Vote March, 20 October: My Favourite Signs
The best placards I saw at the People’s March, London, 20 October 2018.
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I love dick.
If I were so inclined, I could dub my ramblings on this blog Letters to Dick and say that in writing them I am creating a Dick-shaped philosophy of my own. I’m writing to crystallise my thoughts and develop myself and I don’t give a damn whether Dick reads this or not.
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A short story recommendation
Hey. It’s been a while. This website needs a bit of TLC. As I give it that, I wanted to share this short story with you. It’s called STET, and it’s by Sarah Gailey.
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On Eating Up and Why Brownies are Good for the Soul
A sweet, salty, sure-fire cure for Sunday evening blues.
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Day 15: Addis Ababa airport
I write this sitting on the floor in Addis Ababa airport. My flight to Istanbul, from which I’ll go on to London, is at 01.50. Check-in won’t open until perhaps 22.00 or 23.00, and all the food and shops and bars in the airport are on the other side of security. So I’m stuck here…
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The Holy Trinity
As I wrote when I was in South America, knowing some of the local language can have a transformative effect on how you get around and the way you are treated. When I went there (to Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia) I used Duolingo beforehand and, so my head was full of colours and animal names…
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Day 12: Abuna Yemata Guh Church: A World Apart
The second full day I had in Aksum was reserved for a rock-hewn church in the Tigray region. A distant relative, Philip Marsden, recommended Gheraltra above almost anything else in the country, and I was going there no matter what. I found that Abuna Yemata (hakuna matata) was considered to be the finest example, and…
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Days 10-13: Aksum: Hot, Hassly and Disappointing
I had spent two and a half days in Lalibela before I left to fly to Aksum. Alebe greeted me in my hotel that morning, chatted to me about my itinerary and hopes, and accompanied me in the bajaj (rickshaw) to the airport. We talked again about African massages on the way when we drove…