The Flying Scotsman
This biopic of Graeme Obree, former holder of the world 1 hour record (i.e. the man who travelled furthest on…
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Growing Up
Right now my house seems stuffed with excitable, pre-pubescent girls, friends of my daughter. Actually, there’s only two extra but…
The Short Day Dying – Peter Hobbs
The Short Day Dying is a strange book. It presents itself as a first person memoir from a year in…
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
I read this right to the last of it’s 1000+ pages and wondered why. I just didn’t get it. The…
Apologies for the lack of action
Apologies for the lack of action on this blog for some time. Everything has been happening here. I’ve been planning…
Belfast is Changing
I ambled across the piazza until I saw my friend raise his hand in greeting. We found somewhere to sit…
Technology and Democracy
How about this for a few degrees of separation. The reputed Father of Russian democracy Boris Yeltsin died this week.…
Virginia Tech
a life. Lionel Shriver wrote a novel called ‘we need to talk about Kevin’. It takes the form of a…
Technological Dilemmas
The diplomatic war with Iran has raged all week and I’ve been fascinated by how communication technology has transformed how…
Good Friday's Abandonment
Christians call it ‘the cry of dereliction’. That terrifying question from the mouth of the crucified Jesus on that first…