All my hopes and desires and fondest aspirations have finally been reduced to their true dimensions, my old son…
Asides
This is our land and one day we’ll get it back. Memories of the Nakba.
How good planning can make us slimmer, fitter, safer and less lonely. Turning Estates into Villages.
The disappearance of a nature-filled childhood. Last Child in the Woods.
The Conservative war on road safety has begun. Tory Boy Racers.
If the police can get away with killing Ian Tomlinson, there’s no justice in Britain. Land of Impunity.
Rare species named for the first time by British public. Naming the Nameless.
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“All you have to do is wait,” I explained…
I’m enraged at this bad turn my body has done me…
I wonder what inspires a man to complain of “having nothing to do”...
Empathy (Confucius, 'The Analects')
2009-03-10
Ziyong asked, Is there one word that can be practiced for the whole of one’s life? ...
We are all Receding (Martin Amis, 'Money')
2009-01-25
I went for a rug-rethink in Queensway this afternoon…
Kin’yo, an officer of the second rank, had a brother called the High Priest Ryōgaku, an extremely bad-tempered man…
Every time you practice a task, you further burn into your brain the webwork of neurons responsible for carrying out that task…
Across the street from me is a beautiful church with emerald moss tamped between the stones…
Possibly you are late. You are running down a small side street in New Haven, Connecticut…
‘What is so wrong with America,’ he repeated, as if it was the title of a lecture…
Seeding Meat (Chuck Palahniuk, 'Lullaby')
2007-10-01
Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they’d leave a pair of goats…