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Norman Mailer, 1923-2007
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments Yet
I’m not going to mock Norman Mailer by pretending I can write anything sufficiently meaningful, passionate or truthful to do him justice. Suffice to say that reading his books, I realised for the first time I could care as much about American literature as deeply as I did about American popular culture. [Read more →]
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You Might Want To Fix Yourself A Stiff Drink Before You Start Reading This One, It’s Long And Vaguely Hard Going
September 26th, 2006 · No Comments Yet
Flying is an incredibly weird experience. And unlike other weird experiences, which you get used to - like, say, massages - flying just gets weirder the more you do it. Once the initial, childhood rush of isn’t-this-exciting wears off, you start to notice the little details, and the sense of otherness just increases. Take toilets. Airline toilets remind me of coach toilets, which is more than enough reason to avoid them. [Read more →]
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What The World Needs Now Is More Pictures Of The Flatiron Building
September 24th, 2006 · No Comments Yet
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Boston: Not All Sepia-Toned Victoriana
September 12th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Actually, there’s a wide range of architectural styles. Downtown, old clashes with new in slightly bizarre ways:
See the little, uber-historic State House in the middle? [Read more →]
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Democratic debate - LIVE!
September 8th, 2006 · No Comments Yet
Oh, OK, Live-ish. I admit it: I’m writing this after the fact. Harvard University’s JFK School of Government is bursting with internet-access, but my days of being able to access such things are long gone. So this is post-posted from the debate on thursday, but written as the very wrinkles undulated on Tom Reilly’s face.
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Photography. Getting Slightly Easier.
September 8th, 2006 · No Comments Yet
OK, setting off to capture the sepia-toned delights of Boston’s snazzy Beacon Hill - in pitch dark - wasn’t exactly setting myself a low bar. Still, I’m mildly disappointed at the number of good ‘uns amongst the many I took. See all the decent ones here.
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