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2016
Feb 23 Basti by Intizar Husain (books, India, Intizar Husain, novels, Pakistan, read the world, South Asia) Feb 23 War with the Newts by Karel Čapek (amphibians, books, Czech Republic, Karel Čapek, novels, read the world, science fiction)
2015
Nov 5 The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare (Albania, Balkans, books, Europe, Ismail Kadare, novels, read the world) Sep 7 America’s Prisoner: The Memoirs of Manuel Noriega by Manuel Noriega and Peter Eisner (autobiography, books, Central America, Manuel Noriega, Panama, politics, read the world) Aug 24 Remnants: The Way of the Womb by Hagop Oshagan (Armenia, books, Hagop Oshagan, novels, read the world, Turkey, Western Asia) Aug 3 The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Iran, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Middle East, novels, read the world) Jul 7 Tales in Colour and Other Stories and Bhutanese Tales Of The Yeti by Kunzang Choden (Asia, Bhutan, books, folklore, Kunzang Choden, read the world, short stories, South Asia) Jun 22 Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich (Afghanistan, Belarus, books, history, journalism, non-fiction, Svetlana Alexievich, USSR) May 29 The Radiance of the King by Camara Laye (Africa, books, Camara Laye, Guinea, read the world, West Africa) May 8 Alexander McQueen at the V&A (design, exhibitions, fashion, museums and galleries, V&A) Apr 3 Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos (books, Central America, Juan Pablo Villalobos, Mexico, novels, read the world) Mar 30 The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng, translated by JaHyun Kim Haboush (Asia, autobiography, books, East Asia, history, Lady Hyegyong, politics, read the world, South Korea) Mar 19 Exhibition roundup: History is Now, Marlene Dumas, & Cotton to Gold (art, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, London, Marlene Dumas, museums and galleries, Tate Modern, Two Temple Place) Mar 10 The Epic of Askia Mohammed by Nouhou Malio, trans. Thomas A. Hale (Africa, books, Niger, Nouhou Malio, oral poetry, poetry, read the world, West Africa) Feb 19 Kvachi by Mikheil Javakhishvili (books, Eastern Europe, Georgia, Mikheil Javakhishvili, novels, read the world, Western Asia) Feb 13 Stamping Grounds by Charlie Connelly (books, Charlie Connelly, Europe, football, Liechtenstein, non-fiction, read the world) Feb 6 Food In England by Dorothy Hartley (books, Dorothy Hartley, England, food and drink, history) Feb 5 Nora by Ferdinande von Brackel, translated by Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (books, Europe, Ferdinande von Brackel, Liechtenstein, novels, read the world) Feb 4 Sigmar Polke at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Sigmar Polke, Tate Modern) Feb 1 The Wanderer by Jane Holland (Anglo-Saxon, books, poetry) Jan 26 Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in Search of Happiness by Amadou Ndiaye (Africa, Amadou Ndiaye, books, Mauritania, North Africa, novels, read the world) Jan 24 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2015 (2015, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 15 The perfidious Kindle (books, Kindle) Jan 14 Red Love: The Story of an East German Family by Maxim Leo (autobiography, books, GDR, Germany, history, Maxim Leo, read the world) Jan 14 Bird of the Year 2014 (2014, birds, BOTY, Portugal) Jan 9 Bird of the Year 2014: best performances in a supporting role (2014, beetles, BOTY, butterflies, flowers, insects, spiders)
2014
Sep 17 Almaty-Transit by Dana Mazur (books, Central Asia, Dana Mazur, Kazakhstan, novels, read the world) Aug 25 Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos (books, novels, read the world, Rómulo Gallegos, South America, Venezuela) Jun 29 The Forlorn Adventure by Amir Falique (Amir Falique, books, Brunei, novels, read the world, Southeast Asia) Jun 23 Dante International by Sharon Kasanda (books, Namibia, novels, read the world, Sharon Kasanda, Southern Africa) Jun 2 Bird of the Year 2013 (2013, birds, BOTY) Apr 3 Garlicky herby creamed aubergine (aubergine, eggplant, food and drink, recipes) Mar 23 My new vegetarian lasagne recipe (food and drink, lasagne, mushrooms, recipes, spinach, vegetarian) Feb 24 My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin (Africa, Andrée Blouin, autobiography, books, Central Africa, Central African Republic, politics, read the world) Jan 29 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2014 (2014, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch)
2013
Nov 17 Epitaph of a Small Winner* by Machado de Assis (books, Brazil, Machado de Assis, novels, read the world, South America) Nov 11 21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noor and Ripples by Shih-Li Kow (books, Malaysia, novels, read the world, Rozlan Mohd Noor, Shih-Li Kow, short stories, Southeast Asia) Oct 21 London Film Festival debrief, 2013 (2013, films, London Film Festival) Sep 21 Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon (books, C19th, C20th, history, non-fiction, race, slavery, USA) Sep 9 Mirabella and the Pearl of Chulothe by Laila Al Bellucci (books, Middle East, novels, Oman, read the world) Sep 7 Yes, (Saudi) Minister! A Life in Administration by Ghazi Algosaibi (autobiography, Ghazi Algosaibi, Middle East, read the world, Saudi Arabia) Aug 14 God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène (Africa, books, Ousmane Sembène, read the world, Senegal, West Africa) Jul 22 African Philosophy: Myth & Reality by Paulin J. Hountondji (Africa, Benin, books, Paulin J Hountondji, philosophy, read the world, West Africa) Jun 12 The Blue Sky: A Novel by Galsan Tschinag (autobiography, books, Central Asia, Galsan Tschinag, Mongolia, novels, read the world) May 29 The Chronicles of Dathra, a Dowdy Girl from Kuwait by Danderma (books, Danderma, Kuwait, Middle East, novels, read the world) May 20 Life and a Half by Sony Labou Tansi (Africa, books, Central Africa, novels, read the world, Sony Labou Tansi) May 9 The Teacher of Cheops by Albert Salvadó (Albert Salvadó, Andorra, books, Europe, novels, read the world) Apr 25 Code-switching warblers and birch sap bingers (birds, birdsong, chiffchaff, willow warbler) Mar 6 Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor and Roger Warner (autobiography, books, Cambodia, Haing Ngor, read the world, Southeast Asia) Feb 18 The Free Negress Elisabeth by Cynthia Mc Leod (books, Caribbean, Cynthia Mc Leod, history, read the world, South America, Suriname) Feb 11 The Diesel by Thani Al-Suwaidi (books, Middle East, read the world, Thani Al-Suwaidi, United Arab Emirates) Jan 31 Bird of the Year 2012 (2012, birds, BOTY) Jan 31 Bird of the Year 2012: best performances in a supporting role (2012, beetles, BOTY, butterflies, flowers, moths, snakes) Jan 26 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2013 (2013, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 18 The Republic of San Marino by Charles de Bruc (books, Charles de Bruc, history, Italy, non-fiction, read the world, San Marino)
2012
Dec 19 Beyond the Islands by Alicia Yánez Cossío (Alicia Yánez Cossío, books, Ecuador, Galapagos, novels, read the world, South America) Dec 3 The Soul of the Rhino by Hemanta Mishra (books, conservation, Hemanta Mishra, Nepal, non-fiction, read the world, rhinos, South Asia) Dec 2 88 Days – A true story of Somali Pirates in the Indian Ocean by Francis Roucou (Africa, books, Francis Roucou, Indian Ocean, non-fiction, read the world, Seychelles) Nov 26 Apple Maps update (Apple, iPhone, maps, technology) Nov 12 Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre (Ben Goldacre, books, medicine, non-fiction, science) Nov 5 A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution by Samar Yazbek (books, Middle East, non-fiction, politics, read the world, Samar Yazbek, Syria) Oct 26 My Urohs by Emelihter Kihleng (Emelihter Kihleng, Micronesia, Pacific, poetry, read the world) Oct 22 A Poet and Bin-Laden by Hamid Ismailov (Afghanistan, books, Central Asia, Hamid Ismailov, non-fiction, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) Oct 22 London Film Festival 2012, personal roundup (2012, Big Brother, films, Greenland, India, Italy, London Film Festival, Salman Rushdie, Senegal) Oct 5 Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso (Augusto Monterosso, books, Caribbean, Central America, essays, Honduras, read the world, short stories) Aug 20 Birds in London by W. H. Hudson (1898) (birds, books, C19th, London, W.H. Hudson) Jul 28 Opening Ceremony thoughts (London 2012, Olympics) Jul 15 Songs Of Love by Konai Helu Thaman (Konai Helu Thaman, Pacific, poetry, read the world, Tonga) Jul 9 Drugs Without The Hot Air by David Nutt (David Nutt, drugs, healthcare, politics, science) Jul 4 Translations From The Night by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (Africa, books, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Madagascar, poetry, read the world) Jul 3 Damien Hirst at the Tate (art, Damien Hirst, exhibitions, Tate Modern) Jun 20 To Sir, With Love by E.R. Braithwaite (autobiography, books, Caribbean, E.R. Braithwaite, Guyana, read the world, South America) Jun 20 The weird existence of tax havens (finance, news, politics) Jun 7 Salty salty goodness (curry, food and drink) Jun 2 The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah (Africa, Ayi Kwei Armah, books, Ghana, novels, read the world, West Africa) May 3 Voting system geekery: London mayoral edition (elections, London, politics, voting reform) May 2 Barnes (Barnes, birds) Apr 22 Half a cheer for Formula One (Bahrain, Formula One, news, Olympics, sport, World Cup) Apr 10 Furry great tits (birds, cats, digiscoping) Apr 3 Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (books, Marilynne Robinson, novels) Mar 21 Happy spring, everybody. (amphibians, birds, spring, toads) Mar 12 Foggy finches (birds, hawfinch) Mar 6 The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani (Ameen Rihani, books, Lebanon, Middle East, novels, read the world) Feb 24 Wild geese (birds, geese, spring) Feb 22 Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal (books, José Rizal, novels, Pacific, Philippines, read the world, Southeast Asia) Feb 19 Christian values: what are they? (history, politics, religion, slavery, UK) Feb 2 Pumpkin and chocolate chip cookies (biscuits, cooking, food and drink) Jan 30 Bird of the Year 2011 (2011, birds, BOTY) Jan 29 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2012 (2012, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 19 From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe (autobiography, books, Burma, Pascal Khoo Thwe, read the world, Southeast Asia) Jan 8 Londoners by Craig Taylor (books, London, non-fiction)
2011
Dec 24 The 7th annual Christmas stuffing post (2011, Christmas, food and drink, stuffing) Dec 21 Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick (books, non-fiction, North Korea, politics) Nov 14 Goodbye to all that (politics, war) Nov 13 The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas (books, Norway, novels, read the world, Scandinavia, Tarjei Vesaas) Nov 2 Needling camels (finance, London, news, politics, religion) Nov 1 The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa (books, Fernando Pessoa, Modernism, Portugal) Oct 30 London Film Festival: Target and Tahrir 2011 (Egypt, films, London Film Festival, Russia) Oct 24 The Monk (films, London Film Festival) Oct 21 Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman (art, British Museum, craft, exhibitions, Grayson Perry) Oct 20 On The Ice, London Film Festival (films, London Film Festival) Oct 7 Steve Jobs and William Morris (design, politics, Steve Jobs, William Morris) Oct 7 Steve Jobs RIP (Apple, design, Steve Jobs, technology) Sep 30 My perfect Strictly Come Dancing lineup (Strictly Come Dancing, television) Sep 29 Provençal wildlife roundup (birds, butterflies, France, hornet, insects) Sep 25 Only Yesterday by S.Y. Agnon (books, Israel, novels, read the world, S.Y. Agnon, Ukraine) Sep 15 Hornets, and toodle-oo for now (hornet, insects, wasps) Sep 12 Afghan Star (Afghanistan, documentaries, films, television) Sep 9 ‘Treasures of Heaven’ at the British Museum (British Museum, exhibitions, medieval, religion) Sep 8 Michael S. Hart, RIP (books, news, Project Gutenberg) Sep 6 Heavy heavy books: psychology update! (books, psychology, S.Y. Agnon) Sep 2 How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee (books, comedy, oral poetry, Stewart Lee) Aug 27 Thesaurian spam (Heraclitean Fire, spam) Aug 16 Mama Lily and the Dead by Nicolette Bethel (Bahamas, books, Caribbean, Nicolette Bethel, poetry, read the world) Aug 12 Riots, again (London, news, politics, riots) Aug 9 London riots (London, news, politics, riots) Aug 5 C19th email scams & adulterated booze (C19th, food and drink, history) Aug 5 ‘The Miscegenation Hoax’ (history, politics, race) Aug 3 Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich (Belarus, books, journalism, non-fiction, read the world, Svetlana Alexievich, USSR) Jul 27 Open City by Teju Cole (books, novels, Teju Cole) Jul 21 Out of sync (journalism, news, News of the World, politics) Jul 17 Blogging, Google+ and tangled networks (blogs, Facebook, Google, Tumblr, Twitter) Jul 17 The madness of commercial fishing (environment, fish, politics) Jul 15 A palate cleanser (beetles, butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, flowers, moths) Jul 12 In defence of tabloid journalism (sort of) (journalism, news, News of the World) Jul 11 Twombly, Poussin, Emin and Hungarian Photographers (art, Cy Twombly, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, Nicolas Poussin, photography, Royal Academy, Tracey Emin) Jul 9 Read The World: new country shock! (books, read the world, South Sudan, Sudan) Jul 8 The news of the News of the World (journalism, news, News of the World, politics, Rupert Murdoch) Jun 29 ‘The Cult of Beauty’ at the V&A (art, C19th, design, exhibitions, Pre-Raphaelites, V&A) Jun 26 Olympic tickets: achieved! (beach volleyball, London 2012, Olympics, sport, weightlifting) Jun 22 Say aaah. (healthcare, medicine, throat) Jun 18 My [non-existent] Olympic tickets (London 2012, Olympics, sport) Jun 10 The Maltese Baron… and I Lucian by Francis Ebejer (books, Europe, Francis Ebejer, Malta, novels, read the world) Jun 1 Wildlife round-up (beetles, birds, flowers, insects) May 29 The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna (Africa, Aminatta Forna, autobiography, books, non-fiction, read the world, Sierra Leone, West Africa) May 28 Anticipating the Champion’s League final (football, Manchester United, sport) May 18 Anyone But England by Mike Marqusee (books, cricket, England, non-fiction, sport) May 16 Flat Earth News by Nick Davies (books, journalism, news, non-fiction) May 6 Miró at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Joan Miró, Tate Modern) May 4 Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell (books, Caribbean, Grenada, novels, read the world, science fiction, Tobias S. Buckell) May 4 A thought on AV (elections, news, politics, voting reform) May 1 Shadows of your Black Memory by Donato Ndongo (Africa, books, Central Africa, Donato Ndongo, Equatorial Guinea, novels, read the world) Apr 25 Royal wedding weirdness (Bahrain, news, politics, royalty) Apr 18 The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman A. Waberi (Abdourahman A. Waberi, Africa, books, Djibouti, Horn of Africa, read the world, short stories) Apr 18 Scary research (food, law, science) Apr 14 Why I hate the Pre-Raphaelites* (art, C19th, Pre-Raphaelites, Vermeer) Apr 12 Watercolour at Tate Britain (art, exhibitions, painting, Tate Britain) Apr 7 Birding again (birds, butterflies, drugs) Apr 6 Um, what? (technology) Apr 3 Warrior King by Sahle Sellassie (Africa, books, Ethiopia, history, Horn of Africa, novels, read the world, Sahle Sellassie) Apr 2 Treasure Islands by Nicholas Shaxson (books, finance, news, non-fiction, politics) Apr 1 Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D (art, documentaries, films, paintings) Mar 31 Hot trends in spam (Heraclitean Fire, spam) Mar 31 Culturally agnostic (agnosticism, atheism, Christianity, religion) Mar 30 Folk wisdom empirically confirmed (birds, folklore, spring) Mar 28 Jan Gossaert at the National Gallery (art, exhibitions, Jan Gossaert, National Gallery, Renaissance) Mar 27 Sumer is icumen in (birds, spring) Mar 22 Binocular vision (binoculars, birds, parables) Mar 7 Ancient wisdom (bullshit, Egypt) Mar 3 The Hooligan Nights by Clarence Rook (books, Clarence Rook, history, London, novels) Feb 25 Decline & Fall by Chris Mullin (books, Chris Mullin, diaries, politics) Feb 23 The King of Kahel by Tierno Monénembo (Africa, books, Guinea, novels, read the world, West Africa) Feb 19 The Sands of Oxus by Sadriddin Aini (autobiography, books, Central Asia, read the world, Sadriddin Aini, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) Feb 18 Yes to AV. (elections, news, politics, voting reform) Feb 8 Qatari Voices (books, essays, Middle East, non-fiction, Qatar, read the world) Feb 3 Egypt, the cricket, and dead tree news (cricket, Egypt, journalism, news, newspapers) Feb 2 Reading on my phone (books, iPhone, novels, Yann Martel) Jan 29 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2011 (2011, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 28 Egypt joke (Egypt, news, politics) Jan 25 Black Swan (ballet, films) Jan 22 The Running Man by Gilbert Tuhabonye (Africa, athletics, autobiography, books, Burundi, East Africa, Gilbert Tuhabonye, non-fiction, read the world, sport) Jan 17 The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (Atul Gawande, books, medicine, non-fiction) Jan 15 Life Ascending by Nick Lane (books, evolution, Nick Lane, non-fiction, science) Jan 9 This is Paradise! by Hyok Kang (autobiography, books, East Asia, Hyok Kang, North Korea, read the world) Jan 5 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at NHM (exhibitions, Natural History Museum, photography) Jan 3 Bird of the Year 2010 (2010, birds, BOTY)
2010
Dec 24 The 6th annual Christmas stuffing post (Christmas, food and drink, stuffing) Dec 23 Ham (Christmas, food and drink, ham) Dec 21 Christmas biscuits* (biscuits, Christmas, cooking, food and drink) Dec 12 Waxwings! (birds, waxwings) Dec 10 More thinking about Wikileaks (news, politics, Wikileaks) Dec 8 Thinking out loud about Wikileaks (news, politics, Wikileaks) Nov 17 Happy sparkly royal bollocks. (news, Prince William, royalty) Nov 9 Gauguin at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, painting, Paul Gauguin, Tate Modern) Oct 28 This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (books, Indonesia, novels, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, read the world, Southeast Asia) Oct 27 The London Film Festival (films, London, London Film Festival) Oct 22 ‘Venice: Canaletto and his Rivals’ at the National Gallery (art, Canaletto, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery, painting, Venice) Oct 22 The chill wind of austerity (David Cameron, economy, George Osborne, news, politics, UK) Oct 18 From Tajikistan to the Moon by Robert Frimtzis (autobiography, books, Moldova, read the world, Robert Frimtzis, USSR) Oct 7 ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes’ at the V&A (art, ballet, design, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Raphael, Serge Diaghilev, theatre, V&A) Oct 3 The First Movie (films, Iraq) Sep 21 Things posted to Tumblr: Gandhara bodhisattvas (Afghanistan, Buddhism, Pakistan, Salmagundi, sculpture, Tumblr) Sep 14 Of Water and the Spirit by Malidoma Patrice Somé (Africa, autobiography, books, Burkina Faso, Malidoma Patrice Somé, read the world, West Africa) Sep 13 A rising tide of whatever (news, Pope, religion, secularism) Sep 6 Physical tumbling (blogs, museums and galleries, Salmagundi, Tumblr, V&A) Sep 4 Born in Tibet by Chögyam Trungpa (autobiography, books, Buddhism, Central Asia, read the world, South Asia, Tibet) Aug 27 ‘Picasso: The Mediterranean Years (1945-1962)’ at the Gagosian Gallery (art, exhibitions, Gagosian Gallery, museums and galleries, Pablo Picasso) Aug 21 Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif (Abdelrahman Munif, Arabic, books, Jordan, Middle East, novels, read the world) Aug 14 Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano (books, Eduardo Galeano, football, non-fiction, read the world, South America, sport, Uruguay) Aug 10 The Chattering Wagtails of Mikuyu Prison and Skipping Without Ropes by Jack Mapanje (Africa, books, Jack Mapanje, Malawi, poetry, read the world, Southern Africa) Aug 2 Legends, Traditions and Tales of Nauru by Timothy Detudamo (books, folklore, Nauru, Pacific, read the world, Timothy Detudamo) Jul 25 The Country Under My Skin by Gioconda Belli (autobiography, books, Caribbean, Central America, Nicaragua, read the world) Jul 21 The Big Death: Solomon Islanders Remember World War II (books, history, non-fiction, Pacific, read the world, Solomon Islands) Jul 20 Bionic Cat! (cats) Jul 16 Kartography by Kamila Shamsie (books, Kamila Shamsie, novels, Pakistan, read the world, South Asia) Jul 13 ‘The Wyeth Family’ at DPG (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, painting, Wyeth) Jul 12 Skeletons (films, skeletons) Jul 11 Redemption Road by Elma Shaw (Africa, books, Elma Shaw, Liberia, novels, read the world, West Africa) Jul 9 Hot wasp (insects, invertebrates, wasps) Jul 9 Poceza m’Madzulo by Julius Chongo and Ernst Wendland (Africa, books, radio, read the world, Southern Africa, Zambia) Jul 8 ‘Rude Britannia’ at Tate Britain (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Jul 7 Salmagundi update (Heraclitean Fire, Salmagundi, Tumblr) Jun 28 Who Needs a Story? — Contemporary Eritrean Poetry in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic (Africa, Arabic, books, Eritrea, Horn of Africa, poetry, read the world) Jun 26 Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong (books, Duong Thu Huong, novels, read the world, Southeast Asia, Vietnam) Jun 26 The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim Al-Koni (Africa, Arabic, books, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Libya, North Africa, novels, read the world) Jun 20 City of Arches by Vivian Child (architecture, books, Caribbean, non-fiction, read the world, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Vivian Child) Jun 20 Belated World Cup food blogging: Algeria (Algeria, cooking, food and drink, World Cup) Jun 19 England vs Algeria: my diagnosis (England, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 16 Happy Bloomsday. (James Joyce, novels) Jun 13 England vs USA: my diagnosis (England, football, sport, USA, World Cup) Jun 12 World Cup food blogging: USA (cooking, England, food and drink, football, sport, USA, World Cup) Jun 11 Fuck BP (BP, journalism, news) Jun 9 The Fortunes of Wangrin by Amadou Hampaté Bâ (Africa, biography, books, Mali, novels, read the world, West Africa) Jun 8 iPhone 4 quickie (Apple, iPhone) Jun 6 Football advertising (advertising, Africa, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 3 Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika (Africa, football, sport, World Cup) May 26 Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano (books, crime, Italy, non-fiction, Roberto Saviano) May 13 Election debrief (elections, news, politics, UK) May 9 Why I like STV (elections, politics, UK, voting reform) May 6 Voted. (elections, politics, UK) May 5 FPTP makes politicians lie to us (hypocrisy update) (elections, news, politics, UK, voting reform) May 3 First Past The Post makes politicians lie to us (elections, news, politics, UK, voting reform) May 3 A permanent swing to the Lib Dems? (elections, history, news, politics, UK) May 1 Passionfruit tart (cooking, food and drink) May 1 More on voting reform (elections, news, politics, UK, voting reform) Apr 28 #bigotgate & proportional representation (bigotgate, elections, Gordon Brown, news, politics, UK) Apr 26 Treading Air by Jaan Kross (Baltics, books, Estonia, Europe, Jaan Kross, novels, read the world, USSR) Apr 22 Blue Bay Palace by Nathacha Appanah (books, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Natacha Appanah, novels, read the world) Apr 20 The Church of the Long Now (Catholicism, history, news, religion, time) Apr 12 Birds, birds, birds (birds, black-winged stilt) Apr 6 Thirsty River by Rodaan Al Galidi (Arabic, books, Iraq, Middle East, novels, read the world, Rodaan Al Galidi) Apr 2 Exhibition roundup: Nash, quilts, Moore (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, quilts, Tate Britain, V&A) Mar 30 Exotic birds (ooh err matron) (birds, Richmond Park) Mar 23 The Whistler by Ondjaki (Africa, Angola, books, novels, Ondjaki, read the world, Southern Africa) Mar 23 Proper summer visitor news! (birds, migration, wheatears) Mar 16 Hot migrant bird news! (birds, stonechat) Mar 15 Cooking tips: boil potatoes in cold water (cooking, food and drink, potatoes) Mar 9 ‘The Kingdom of Ife’ at the British Museum (Africa, art, British Museum, exhibitions, Ife, museums and galleries, Nigeria, sculpture) Mar 3 Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and Ron Arad at the Barbican (art, Barbican, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, design, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Ron Arad) Mar 1 The Railway by Hamid Ismailov (books, Central Asia, Hamid Ismailov, novels, read the world, Uzbekistan) Feb 26 No more links (Heraclitean Fire, links, Salmagundi) Feb 25 Links (links, sharks) Feb 23 Links (links, London, space) Feb 22 Links (Asian, economics, links, TigerWoods) Feb 22 Chris Ofili at Tate Britain (art, Chris Ofili, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Feb 21 Some self-linkage (Salmagundi) Feb 18 Links (BBC, design, links) Feb 17 Links (biology, links, ocean, system:filetype:jpg, system:media:image, whales) Feb 15 Links (biology, genetics, links) Feb 9 Un prophète (films, France) Feb 8 Links (Apple, iPad, links, seaurchins, vision) Feb 8 Announcing Salmagundi (Heraclitean Fire, Salmagundi, Tumblr) Feb 7 Links (birds, links, media, newspapers, penguins) Feb 4 Links (Feynman, links, magnetism, YouTube) Feb 3 ‘The Real Van Gogh’ at the Royal Academy (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Royal Academy, Vincent Van Gogh) Feb 2 Links (food, genetics, links, medicine) Feb 2 The Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheatre (art, Guildhall Art Gallery, museums and galleries) Jan 30 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2010 (2010, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 27 Bird of the Year 2009 (2009, birds, BOTY, shrikes) Jan 26 Links (links, photos, tea) Jan 23 Bird of the Year 2009: best performances in a supporting role (2009, BOTY, butterflies, insects, invertebrates, mammals, moths, plants) Jan 21 I know what the Apple Tablet is for (Apple, computers, iPad, tablet) Jan 20 Links (astronomy, cricket, diamonds, homeopathy, India, links, Neptune, Uranus) Jan 19 Links (astronomy, links, Mars) Jan 19 ‘Mini Picture Show’ at the Bankside Gallery (art, Bankside Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, painting, prints) Jan 16 Links (architecture, links) Jan 15 I’m back (computers, iPhone) Jan 15 Links (1900s, links, photos, Shorpy, USA) Jan 5 Christmas food debrief, bitterns etc (Barnes, birds, bitterns, food and drink, London, stuffing, water rail)
2009
Dec 24 Harry’s advent calendar of birds, day 24: Robin (advent calendar, birds, Christmas, robin) Dec 24 The 5th annual Christmas stuffing post (Christmas, food and drink, stuffing) Dec 23 Mmmm, cured pork products (Christmas, food and drink, ham) Dec 20 Links (links, Wordpress) Dec 19 Housekeeping (Heraclitean Fire) Dec 18 Links (1910s, dragonflies, links, migration, photography, Shorpy) Dec 15 Links (crocodiles, evolution, links, octopuses, paleontology) Dec 6 Links (climatechange, links, YouTube) Dec 6 Harry’s advent calendar of birds, day 6: Little Egret (advent calendar, birds, climate change, egrets) Dec 3 Links (birds, evolution, links) Nov 30 Chaka by Thomas Mofolo (Africa, books, Lesotho, novels, read the world, Southern Africa, Thomas Mofolo) Nov 30 Links (Africa, design, labels, links) Nov 26 Links (Iraq, links, military, US) Nov 26 Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the NHM (animals, birds, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Natural History Museum, photography, plants) Nov 23 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado (books, Brazil, Jorge Amado, novels, read the world, South America) Nov 21 Links (banknotes, links, origami) Nov 19 Links (links, pastry, recipes, speech, x-rays) Nov 18 Links (links, politics) Nov 16 Links (birds, cards, evolution, folkart, Galapagos, hamradio, lectures, links, medicine, speciation) Nov 10 Links (links, typography) Nov 10 ‘Points of View’ at the British Library (British Library, C19th, exhibitions, museums and galleries, photography) Nov 7 Links (astronomy, links, NASA, Phobos) Nov 3 A passing thought on the Nutt business (David Nutt, drugs, politics, science, UK) Oct 27 Links (1910s, links, Shorpy, skating, USA) Oct 27 ‘The Sacred Made Real’ at the National Gallery (art, C17th, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery, sculpture, Spain) Oct 23 Links (art, economics, gardens, Japan, links, whales) Oct 22 Island Boy by Tom Davis (autobiography, books, Cook Islands, Pacific, read the world, Tom Davis) Oct 21 Links (astronomy, Kinkakuji, lego, links, NASA, temples) Oct 20 Links (astronomy, links, quilts) Oct 16 ‘Pop Life’ and ‘John Baldessari’ at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Oct 9 ‘Moctezuma — Aztec Ruler’ at the British Museum (Aztecs, British Museum, exhibitions, Mexico, museums and galleries) Oct 7 Links (ephemera, links, quackery) Oct 6 Links (cool, geeky, links, Madagascar, photography, silk, spiders, textiles, weaving) Oct 5 Rio 2016! (again) (baile funk, Brazil, Olympics, YouTube) Oct 3 Rio 2016! (Brazil, Elza Soares, Olympics, YouTube) Oct 1 The Culture of Lies by Dubravka Ugrešić (Balkans, books, Croatia, Dubravka Ugrešić, essays, Europe, non-fiction, read the world) Sep 30 Links (1900s, computers, cycling, jewellery, links, playgrounds, poetry, possums, psychology, Shorpy, USA) Sep 26 Links (art, insects, links) Sep 21 Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell (Belize, books, Caribbean, Caribbean Reading Challenge, Central America, novels, read the world) Sep 19 Links (blindness, hallucination, links, neurology) Sep 15 The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins (books, evolution, non-fiction, Richard Dawkins, science) Sep 12 Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih (Africa, Arabic, books, novels, read the world, Sudan, Tayeb Salih) Sep 6 Fun with gifcats (cats, Dolly, Oscar) Sep 4 Links (glass, links, microbiology, sculpture) Sep 3 Links (CIA, lectures, links, security) Sep 2 Across Arctic America by Knud Rasmussen (Arctic, books, Canada, Greenland, Knud Rasmussen, non-fiction, read the world) Aug 26 Links (Africa, books, covers, film, Ghana, links, posters) Aug 21 Links (homeopathy, links, quackery) Aug 18 Links (Africa, links, Namibia, smoke) Aug 16 Links (birds, deserts, links) Aug 15 Equal to the Earth by Jee Leong Koh (books, Jee Leong Koh, poetry, read the world, Singapore, Southeast Asia) Aug 14 Links (Andy Goldsworthy, art, astronomy, books, covers, links) Aug 13 Links (advertising, C19th, links, USA) Aug 12 The Cherry Orchard at the Old Vic (Anton Chekhov, Old Vic, theatre) Aug 10 Links (animation, bridges, India, links, roots, sand, YouTube) Aug 8 Links (creationism, links) Aug 7 Links (felt, links, sculpture, teddy) Aug 6 The Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey (books, geology, Richard Fortey, science) Aug 4 New new cat news (cats, Oscar) Jul 30 Urban sparrowhawks (birds, Borough Market, sparrowhawk) Jul 29 Links (Apple, links) Jul 28 Troilus and Cressida at the Globe (Shakespeare, The Globe, theatre) Jul 28 Links (faces, links) Jul 20 Exhibition round-up (art, Baroque, British Museum, exhibitions, India, museums and galleries, Royal Academy, V&A) Jul 15 Links (dragonflies, insects, links, migration) Jul 8 Criced! (cricket, sport, Wales, YouTube) Jul 6 Masters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain (books, Caribbean, Caribbean Reading Challenge, Haiti, Jacques Roumain, novels, read the world) Jun 29 Links (climatechange, economics, links) Jun 29 Summer Chafer (beetles, insects) Jun 27 Links (healthcare, links, USA) Jun 26 All About H. Hatterr by G.V. Desani (books, G.V. Desani, India, novels, South Asia) Jun 26 Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson, music, pop) Jun 23 Dancing flies (flies, insects) Jun 20 Yay for Twenty20 cricket. (cricket, sport, Twenty20) Jun 18 Futurism at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Futurism, Modernism, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Jun 8 The Golden Boat by Srečko Kosovel (Balkans, books, Europe, poetry, read the world, Slovenia, Srečko Kosovel) Jun 1 Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (books, Michael Ondaatje, novels, read the world, South Asia, Sri Lanka) May 29 Butterfly update (butterflies, insects, painted lady) May 28 Links (links, taxonomy) May 28 Ladies, stags and owls (beetles, butterflies, France, insects, owlflies, painted lady) May 24 Links (economy, links, UK) May 23 Echoes from the Dead Zone by Yiannis Papadakis (books, Cyprus, non-fiction, politics, read the world, Yiannis Papadakis) May 21 Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou (Africa, Alain Mabanckou, books, Central Africa, Congo, novels, read the world) May 19 Links (animals, links) May 19 The Maias by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (books, Eça de Queiroz, novels, Portugal, read the world) May 15 Links (flies, links, squid) May 14 Good bird days (birds, France, holidays, Me) May 12 Exciting wildlife update (birds, France, holidays, insects, Me) May 11 Holiday update (France, holidays, Me) May 9 Holiday (France, holidays) May 7 The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida (Africa, books, Cape Verde, Germano Almeido, novels, read the world) May 1 Van Dyck at Tate Britain (Anthony Van Dyck, art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Apr 30 Financial pandemic (finance, news, swine flu) Apr 29 Links (4chan, links) Apr 29 Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin (books, evolution, Neil Shubin, non-fiction, science) Apr 27 Wolf flu (medicine, news, swine flu) Apr 27 Links (links, Michael Jackson) Apr 27 Watchmen by Alan Moore (Alan Moore, books, graphic novels) Apr 25 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller (Africa, Alexandra Fuller, autobiography, books, read the world, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe) Apr 25 Lovely Richmond (birds, London, Richmond Park, trees) Apr 23 Links (Flickr, links, seals, Wales) Apr 23 The Thames Path, Kew to Teddington (Kew, London, Richmond, Teddington, Thames Path) Apr 22 Links (links, photography) Apr 21 Barnes birding (Barnes, birds, London) Apr 20 Links (links, London) Apr 19 Links (guns, links, sweets) Apr 17 Links (Antarctica, bacteria, links, psychology, royalty) Apr 17 Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (autobiography, books, graphic novels, Iran, Marjane Satrapi) Apr 11 Links (design, grammar, links, posters, WWII) Apr 10 Links (censorship, China, Google, internet, links) Apr 8 More on iPhone field guides (field guides, iPhone) Apr 4 Links (Israel, links, newspapers, religion) Apr 3 Links (design, links, newspapers, packaging) Apr 1 Links (architecture, links, PrinceCharles) Mar 31 Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua, books, Caribbean, Caribbean Reading Challenge, Jamaica Kincaid, novels, read the world) Mar 31 Let them eat farls (news, Northern Ireland, politics) Mar 29 How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov (Azerbaijan, books, chess, Garry Kasparov, non-fiction, read the world, USSR, Western Asia) Mar 27 Links (economics, finance, links, USA) Mar 27 Testing, testing. (Facebook, Heraclitean Fire) Mar 25 Links (links, prison, torture) Mar 24 Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa (Africa, books, East Africa, Moses Isegawa, novels, read the world, Uganda) Mar 24 Sad cat news (cats, Posy) Mar 23 Links (books, covers, design, links) Mar 22 Hello everyone (Heraclitean Fire, Twitter) Mar 20 Links (bats, links) Mar 19 Links (links, psychology) Mar 15 Links (bubbles, dolphins, links, YouTube) Mar 13 How to reform the FA Cup (football, sport) Mar 11 Links (Antarctic, Arctic, links, photography, polar) Mar 10 Some names for IRA splinter groups (Ireland, news, politics, terrorism, UK) Mar 9 Links (holograms, links) Mar 8 Links (astronomy, Europa, links, NASA) Mar 4 ‘Sickert in Venice’ at DPG (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Venice, Walter Sickert) Mar 2 Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy (books, Ferenc Karinthy, Hungary, novels) Feb 23 Hot bird news! (birds, firecrest, goldcrest) Feb 21 Links (essays, George Orwell, links, NYRB) Feb 20 ‘Rodchenko & Popova’ at Tate Modern (Aleksandr Rodchenko, art, Constructivism, design, Liubov Popova, Modernism, photography, Russia, USSR) Feb 17 iPhone field guides, please (books, field guides, iPhone, maps) Feb 16 Links (basketball, links, statistics) Feb 15 Links (banknotes, design, Germany, links, money) Feb 14 Links (China, Jews, links) Feb 13 Links (cricket, links, ocean, statistics, webcams) Feb 13 Darwin’s other finches (Charles Darwin, Darwin finches, evolution, finches) Feb 12 Links (drinks, links, vodka) Feb 10 Links (CERN, design, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Leonardo da Vinci, links, posters, The Onion, Veronese, wrestling) Feb 10 from The Spectator (C18th, essays, London, opera, The Spectator) Feb 9 Links (cute, links, stoat, video) Feb 6 Bus slogan generator (atheism, religion) Feb 5 The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna (Arto Paasilinna, books, Finland, novels, read the world, Scandinavia) Feb 5 Links (1970s, links, photos, pornography) Feb 2 Snow and parakeets (Ring-necked Parakeet, snow) Jan 31 Leaves of the Banyan Tree by Albert Wendt (Albert Wendt, books, novels, Pacific, read the world, Samoa) Jan 27 Links (birds, links, sparrows) Jan 26 That letter (England, mental health, politics) Jan 26 Poem (beetles, birds, poetry) Jan 26 Links (links, television, YouTube) Jan 24 for reverence of his Sabot day (books, C13th, history, iPhone, London, medieval) Jan 24 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2009 (#bgbw09, 2009, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 23 A weird letter (England, politics) Jan 22 Caribbean Reading Challenge: my list (books, Caribbean Reading Challenge) Jan 22 Links (football, links, newspapers, Philadelphia, USA) Jan 21 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (books, Caribbean, Caribbean Reading Challenge, Dominican Republic, Junot Díaz, novels, read the world) Jan 20 Links (George Bush, links) Jan 16 Bird of the Year 2008: best performances in a supporting role (2008, birds, BOTY, flowers, glowworms, seals, Wales) Jan 15 Links (books, covers, design, links) Jan 14 Links (Earth, links, photos, science, zines) Jan 13 On Prince Harry (news, Prince Harry, race, royalty) Jan 12 Links (amazing, cats, gaming, links) Jan 11 Links (alchemy, C16th, links) Jan 10 Links (Europe, links, measles, vaccination) Jan 8 A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o (Africa, books, East Africa, Kenya, Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o, novels, read the world) Jan 8 Links (blue, colour, gender, links, pink) Jan 7 Links (1900s, film, links, television) Jan 6 Links (architecture, C15th, gothic, links, sculpture) Jan 5 Links (George Bush, links, politics, USA) Jan 3 Links of the year 2008 (2008, Heraclitean Fire, links) Jan 1 Links (Bristol, C19th, Egypt, links, mummies, photography) Jan 1 The President by Miguel Angel Asturias (books, Caribbean, Caribbean Reading Challenge, Central America, Guatemala, Miguel Angel Asturias, novels, read the world)
2008
Dec 31 Links (C19th, illustration, links, spiders) Dec 28 Bird of the Year 2008 (2008, auks, birds, BOTY, puffin) Dec 27 Links (BBC, iPhone, links, radio) Dec 25 Links (Antarctic, links, maps, penguins, photography, quilts) Dec 22 Gee, Officer Krupke (economy, psychology, YouTube) Dec 16 Probably not one for purists (Dante, gaming, YouTube) Dec 15 The Butterfly’s Burden by Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic, books, Mahmoud Darwish, Middle East, Palestine, poetry, read the world) Dec 10 Links (betel, broccoli, cute, kitten, links, photos, Taiwan, YouTube) Dec 10 Darwin and wildlife photography at the NHM (Charles Darwin, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Natural History Museum, photography) Dec 9 Links (links, Mexico, paper, skeletons) Dec 8 Links (links, mouse, YouTube) Dec 8 The Unknown Matisse by Hilary Spurling (art, biography, books, Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling) Dec 7 Links (C14th, Germany, links, medieval) Dec 6 Links (Antarctic, links, penguins) Dec 3 Pulp Beowulf (Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, poetry) Dec 2 Ageispolis (Aphex Twin, music, YouTube) Dec 1 The Wooden Village by Peter Pišťanek (books, novels, Peter Pišťanek, Slovakia) Dec 1 Links (Benjamin Franklin, C18th, football, Italy, links, Noah Webster, USA) Nov 28 How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić (Balkans, books, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, novels, read the world, Saša Stanišić) Nov 28 Links (1930s, Australia, beach, gymnastics, links, photos, Sydney) Nov 27 ‘Byzantium 330-1453’ at the Royal Academy (Byzantium, exhibitions, medieval, museums and galleries, Royal Academy) Nov 26 Links (C17th, links, microscopy, plants) Nov 21 Links (links, royalty) Nov 21 An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie (Africa, Arctic, books, Greenland, non-fiction, read the world, Tété-Michel Kpomassie, Togo, West Africa) Nov 20 Links (links, painting, photography) Nov 17 Self-evident (homosexuality, politics, USA) Nov 13 Links (drawings, links, medieval, portraits, Renaissance) Nov 12 Links (books, cats, design, essays, experiments, finance, Galileo, links) Nov 10 Renaissance Faces at the National Gallery (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery, Renaissance) Nov 8 Links (birds, C19th, falcons, links, moths) Nov 7 Links (diaries, George Orwell, links) Nov 6 Lawks-a-mercy (politics, Sarah Palin, USA, YouTube) Nov 6 California says yes to Prop 8… (homosexuality, politics) Nov 5 Cheap political point-scoring (Barack Obama, David Cameron, politics) Nov 3 Links (links, names, Somerset) Nov 3 The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov (books, Central Asia, Chingiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstan, novels, read the world, USSR) Nov 2 A European Obama (Barack Obama, Europe, politics, UK) Nov 1 Flemish paintings at the Queen’s Gallery (art, exhibitions, Flemish, museums and galleries, Queen's Gallery) Nov 1 Links (birds, elections, links, music, news, starling, USA, video, YouTube) Oct 31 Links (language, links, signs, Wales) Oct 29 Hot News! (Argentina, Diego Maradona, football, sport) Oct 29 Links (C19th, links, sport, swimming) Oct 28 scribble scribble (books, read the world) Oct 27 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan, books, Central Asia, Khaled Hosseini, novels, read the world, South Asia) Oct 27 Links (gaming, links) Oct 26 Told by Starlight in Chad by Joseph Brahim Seid (Africa, books, Chad, Joseph Brahim Seid, North Africa, read the world, short stories) Oct 25 Links (art, Banksy, colour, Flickr, graffiti, links, London) Oct 24 In which my irritation boileth over (politics, Sarah Palin, USA) Oct 24 Links (1900s, Chicago, churches, links, New York, photos, Shorpy) Oct 22 Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (books, novels, Sinclair Lewis, USA) Oct 20 Links (elections, history, links) Oct 17 The Hostage by Zayd Mutee‘ Dammaj (Arabic, books, Middle East, novels, read the world, Yemen, Zayd Mutee‘ Dammaj) Oct 16 Links (economy, internet, links) Oct 14 Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote by Ahmadou Kourouma (Africa, Ahmadou Kourouma, books, Côte d'Ivoire, novels, read the world, West Africa) Oct 14 Francis Bacon at Tate Britain (art, exhibitions, Francis Bacon, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Oct 11 Zombie Reagan speaks (Barack Obama, politics, Ronald Reagan, YouTube) Oct 9 New York Public Library images online (museums and galleries, New York Public Library, photos) Oct 7 Rothko at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Mark Rothko, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Oct 7 Mood music for the apocalypse (art, Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, news) Oct 6 Podcasts I listen to, part 1 (comedy, news, podcasts, radio) Oct 4 The return of Mandelson (news, Peter Mandelson, politics, Strictly Come Dancing) Oct 1 This financial crisis is a bit of a buzzkill. (Barack Obama, John McCain, news, politics, USA) Sep 30 Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land by Tim Mackintosh-Smith (books, non-fiction, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Yemen) Sep 27 Mother’s Beloved by Outhine Bounyavong (books, Laos, Outhine Bounyavong, read the world, short stories, Southeast Asia) Sep 21 Dry Store Room No. 1 by Richard Fortey (biology, books, Natural History Museum, non-fiction, Richard Fortey) Sep 19 The Wah-Wah Diaries by Richard E. Grant (Africa, books, diaries, films, read the world, Richard E. Grant, Southern Africa, Swaziland) Sep 17 Maiba by Russell Soaba (books, novels, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, read the world, Russell Soaba) Sep 14 Rivers of Babylon by Peter Pišťanek (books, novels, Peter Pišťanek, read the world, Slovakia) Sep 13 My Father’s Notebook by Kader Abdolah (books, Iran, Kader Abdolah, Middle East, novels, read the world) Sep 12 Independent People by Halldór Laxness (books, Halldor Laxness, Iceland, novels, read the world, Scandinavia) Sep 11 Hadrian at the British Museum (British Museum, C2nd, exhibitions, Hadrian, museums and galleries, Rome) Sep 9 Happy Birthday Clouded Drab (blogs, Clouded Drab, photography) Sep 8 Links (food, links, paper, snails) Sep 6 Links (crime, links, poetry) Sep 6 Sir Lattimore Brown (blogs, Lattimore Brown, music, New Orleans, soul) Sep 5 Links (Argentina, C19th, Charles Darwin, links) Sep 3 Links (bicycle, cool, links) Sep 3 Gooseberry liqueur, again (food and drink, gooseberries, liqueur) Sep 2 Links (design, ephemera, links) Sep 1 Black Stone by Grace Mera Molisa (books, Grace Mera Molisa, Pacific, poetry, read the world, Vanuatu) Aug 31 On Sarah Palin (news, politics, Sarah Palin, witches) Aug 30 Links (antiquities, C19th, forgeries, links, London, Thames) Aug 29 Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart (books, Iraq, politics, Rory Stewart) Aug 29 Links (1930s, Germany, links, Nazis, television) Aug 27 The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (biology, books, C19th, Charles Darwin, evolution) Aug 26 Links (links, music, USA) Aug 26 Final Olympic round-up (Kenenisa Bekele, London 2012, Michael Phelps, Olympics, sport, Tirunesh Dibaba, Usain Bolt) Aug 24 A thought on the Olympics (Olympics, sport) Aug 22 Nature’s Engraver by Jenny Uglow (art, biography, books, C18th, Jenny Uglow, Thomas Bewick, woodcuts) Aug 21 Links (flipping, links, rocks) Aug 19 Links (athletics, links, Michael Johnson) Aug 17 Just as a matter of record (British Library, Olympics) Aug 16 Links (links, Olympics, photography, video) Aug 15 More Olympiana (athletics, Olympics, sport) Aug 15 Links (army, links, Norway, penguins) Aug 14 The Olympic sport I’d like to see (football, keepy-uppy, Olympics, sport) Aug 11 Links (1930s, Argentina, C19th, Charles Darwin, diaries, George Orwell, links) Aug 10 A ‘Christian nation’. (Christianity, religion, UK) Aug 10 Yay for Nicole Cooke! (Beijing, cycling, Olympics, sport) Aug 9 Links (C19th, cocaine, links, wine) Aug 8 Opening ceremony debrief (Beijing, China, London 2012, Olympics, theatre) Aug 8 Links (links, videos, water) Aug 5 Read the world: a map (books, map, read the world) Aug 5 Links (biology, brilliant, cells, links, spectacles) Aug 2 We killed Mangy-Dog by Luis Bernardo Honwana (Africa, books, Mozambique, read the world, short stories) Jul 31 Links (Africa, architecture, fractals, links, mathematics) Jul 31 Gooseberry liqueur (food and drink, gooseberries, liqueur) Jul 30 Links (CERN, geeky, gender, LHC, links, rap, Thailand, transexual) Jul 29 Links (links, money, photos, Shorpy) Jul 27 Links (Africa, dinosaurs, HIV, links, parasites) Jul 27 Microcosm by Carl Zimmer (bacteria, books, Carl Zimmer, science) Jul 26 Links (birds, evolution, links, phylogeny, taxonomy) Jul 25 Divisionist Painters at the National Gallery (art, Divisionism, exhibitions, Italy, museums and galleries, National Gallery, painting) Jul 25 Links (Barack Obama, links, politics) Jul 22 Links (C19th, links, photos, stereoscopic) Jul 22 The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker (books, language, psychology, science, Steven Pinker) Jul 21 Links (economics, links) Jul 19 Links (art, bible, links) Jul 18 Links (autochromes, Kansas, links, photos, physics, poetry, politics, prison, science) Jul 17 Links (blogs, links, musicals, supervillains) Jul 16 British Orientalist Painting at Tate Britain (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Orientalism, painting, Tate Britain) Jul 15 Links (books, funny, illustrations, links) Jul 13 The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (books, C20th, Fascism, history, letters, Mitfords) Jul 10 Links (George Bush, law, links, politics, psychology, slugs, suicide, USA, Wales) Jul 10 Tweaking sports (cricket, sport, tennis) Jul 9 Links (deaf, football, history, language, links, names, sign language, sport) Jul 7 Links (cool, links, Nova Scotia, Simpsons) Jul 6 Links (bible, Christianity, history, links, religion, Thomas Jefferson, USA) Jul 5 Links (birds, links, video) Jul 4 Links (links, peculiar, tattoos) Jul 3 Links (evolution, links) Jul 3 Cy Twombly at Tate Modern (art, Cy Twombly, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Jul 2 Links (C19th, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, links) Jul 1 Links (atheism, links, religion) Jun 30 Links (links, video) Jun 30 Congratulations Spain (football, Spain, sport) Jun 28 Links (C17th, links, metoposcopy) Jun 28 Glow-worms (Andrew Marvell, beetles, glowworms, insects, moths) Jun 21 Tiny frogs (frogs) Jun 18 Dispatches from the Uncanny Valley (football, gaming, Nintendo) Jun 17 Links (flash, games, language, links) Jun 16 Links (design, football, links, television) Jun 16 Happy Bloomsday (books, James Joyce) Jun 13 Links (1910s, 1920s, links, Native American, photos, Shorpy, USA) Jun 12 Links (1930s, Germany, links, magazines, photos, theatre) Jun 12 1000 AD survival tips (history, medieval) Jun 11 The Muybridge Problem (art, Eadweard Muybridge, painting, photography, Stubbs) Jun 11 Links (links, religion) Jun 11 You say what now? (archeology) Jun 8 What I want to see at WWDC (Apple, technology) Jun 8 Links (links, scorpions, tattoos) Jun 6 Links (astronomy, internet, links, photos) Jun 5 Links (1920s, links, photos, Shorpy) Jun 4 Links (links, science) Jun 4 Why Obama won the nomination (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, USA) Jun 3 Links (art, links, snails) Jun 1 Going Dutch by Lisa Jardine (books, C17th, England, history, Holland, Lisa Jardine) May 31 An observation (news, politics, USA) May 31 Links (archaeology, astronomy, Egypt, Flickr, links, Mars, NASA, photos) May 30 Links (art, C16th, Germany, links) May 29 The Mabinogion trans. Sioned Davies (books, Mabinogion, medieval, Sioned Davies, Wales) May 28 Araf (holidays, language, Wales, Welsh) May 27 The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard (books, novels, Shirley Hazzard) May 27 The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad (books, Joseph Conrad, London, novels) May 27 Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd (biography, books, Peter Ackroyd, Shakespeare) May 26 Wales photos (birds, Flickr, holidays, Me, Pembrokeshire, photos, Wales) May 26 Links (bread, C17th, food, links) May 25 Links (art, C15th, Germany, links, manuscripts, medieval, nonsense) May 24 I have returned! (flowers, holidays, Me, Pembrokeshire, Wales) May 24 Links (links, photos, television) May 17 Rain, rain go away (architecture, flowers, holidays, Me, Wales) May 16 I’m in Wales (birds, flowers, holidays, Me, puffin, Wales) May 12 Hiatus! (holidays) May 12 Links (CERN, links, physics, podcasts, science) May 11 The Thames path, Putney to Kew (Barnes, flowers, Kew, London, Putney, Thames Path, trees) May 9 Links (C19th, Charles Darwin, history, links, Uruguay) May 8 Lies, damn lies and religion (news, religion, statistics, The Times, UK) May 8 Links (diamonds, foraminifera, fossils, links) May 7 Prokudin-Gorskii photographs (history, photography, Russia) May 6 Links (1960s, Cliff Richard, Fascism, links, music) May 5 Bones, Rocks and Stars by Chris Turney (archeology, books, Chris Turney, evolution, history, science) May 5 Links (animals, blogs, links, ugly) May 3 Links (comics, design, evolution, Japan, links, matches, propaganda, religion) May 2 Links (amoebae, bacteria, birds, China, drugs, evolution, fossils, links, sewage) Apr 30 Napowrimo #30: Advice for mice (birds, Great Grey Shrike, mice, napowrimo 2008) Apr 29 Manchester United 1-0 Barcelona (football, Manchester United) Apr 29 Napowrimo #28: bees and wasps (bees, insects, napowrimo 2008, wasps) Apr 28 The Century of Revolution by Christopher Hill (books, C17th, Christopher Hill, Civil War, England, history, politics, UK) Apr 24 Napowrimo #24: Rooster Death (chicken, napowrimo 2008) Apr 23 Napowrimo #23: Lapwings (birds, lapwing, napowrimo 2008) Apr 23 Cranach at the Royal Academy (art, C16th, exhibitions, Germany, Lucas Cranach, medieval, museums and galleries, Renaissance, Royal Academy) Apr 22 Napowrimo #22: the baboon (baboons, mammals, napowrimo 2008) Apr 21 Napowrimo #21: The Seal Voice Choir (mammals, napowrimo 2008, seals, Wales) Apr 21 Peter Doig & the Camden Town Group at the Tate (art, Edwardian, exhibitions, London, museums and galleries, Peter Doig, Tate Britain, Walter Sickert) Apr 20 Napowrimo #20: Iceweasels (Finland, mammals, napowrimo 2008, weasels) Apr 19 Napowrimo #19: the cinnamon owl (birds, napowrimo 2008, owls) Apr 18 Napowrimo #18: the Buffalo (buffalo, mammals, napowrimo 2008) Apr 18 Coming of Age: American Art 1850-1950 (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, USA) Apr 17 Napowrimo #17: Music hath charms (alligators, crocodiles, music, napowrimo 2008, reptiles) Apr 16 Napowrimo #16: double dactyl (birds, kingfishers, napowrimo 2008) Apr 16 Ospreys, monogamy and stupidity (evolution, journalism, monogamy, osprey, sex, The Times) Apr 15 Napowrimo #15: The Platypus (mammals, napowrimo 2008, platypus) Apr 14 Napowrimo #14: The mason bird (birds, napowrimo 2008) Apr 12 Napowrimo #12: Giraffe (giraffe, mammals, napowrimo 2008) Apr 11 Napowrimo #11: Chicken poem (chicken, duck, napowrimo 2008) Apr 10 Napowrimo #10: The Garden Bear (bears, napowrimo 2008) Apr 9 Napowrimo #9: The Ocelot (cats, napowrimo 2008, ocelot) Apr 8 Napowrimo #8: Culinary Advice (napowrimo 2008, prawns) Apr 7 Napowrimo #7: The Flightless Falcon (birds, falcon, napowrimo 2008) Apr 6 Napowrimo #6: Storks (napowrimo 2008, stork) Apr 6 China hoist by their own petard (China, London, Olympics, politics, sport, Tibet) Apr 5 Napowrimo #5: The Wandering Pine (napowrimo 2008, pine, trees) Apr 2 Napowrimo #2: Aeolian Squid (napowrimo 2008, squid) Apr 1 Napowrimo #1: spider (napowrimo 2008, spider) Mar 31 Bat! (bats, mammals) Mar 29 Playing with Flickr (Flickr, internet) Mar 28 ‘Breaking the Rules’ at the British Library (British Library, design, exhibitions, literature, Modernism, museums and galleries, poetry) Mar 27 More modernism and art (Modernism, poetry) Mar 26 ‘From Russia’ at the Royal Academy (art, exhibitions, France, Henri Matisse, Modernism, museums and galleries, politics, Royal Academy, Russia) Mar 25 Modernism and politics (art, Modernism, politics) Mar 24 Herba Parietis or the Wall Flower (British Library, C18th, London, museums and galleries) Mar 23 Deletionists, Inclusionists, and the joy of the trivial. (British Library, history, museums and galleries, Wikipedia) Mar 20 Tippety-tap (dance, films, Gene Kelly, politics, theatre, YouTube) Mar 19 1984 by George Orwell (books, George Orwell, novels, politics) Mar 16 Tibet and the Olympics (China, Olympics, politics, sport, Tibet) Mar 16 A question. (football, sport) Mar 15 Important news bulletin (birds, Tawny Owl) Mar 10 A London particular (Aldous Huxley, architecture, art, fog, history, Joseph Conrad, London, Monet, Peter Ackroyd, Whistler) Mar 9 The Thames path, Westminster to Putney (architecture, Battersea Power Station, history, Houses of Parliament, London, Thames Path, Westminster Abbey) Mar 8 Uncomplicated pleasures (food and drink, football, sport) Mar 7 ‘Duchamp Man Ray Picabia’ at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Mar 7 Yay for Blasphemy! (politics, religion, UK) Mar 3 Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore (biography, books, history, politics, Russia, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Stalin, USSR) Mar 2 More medievalish London (London, medieval, royalty) Feb 28 Oven-dried tomatoes (food and drink, tomatoes) Feb 27 book meme (books, memes) Feb 27 Boy jumping (Hayward Gallery, London, museums and galleries, photography) Feb 26 The Thames path, London Bridge to Westminster (history, London, medieval, spring, Thames Path, winter) Feb 20 Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (books, Marilynne Robinson, novels) Feb 18 ‘Alexander Rodchenko’ & ‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’ at the Hayward (Aleksandr Rodchenko, art, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, museums and galleries, photography, Russia, USSR) Feb 16 Irony of the week (China, news, Olympics, politics, sport) Feb 12 The Thames path, Isle of Dogs to London Bridge (architecture, London, Thames Path, Tower Bridge, Tower of London) Feb 6 più alto, più rapido, più forte (England, Fabio Capello, football, sport) Feb 2 Arglwydd, arwain trwy’r anialwch… (England, rugby, sport, UK) Jan 30 Medieval ivory at the Courtauld (art, Courtauld Gallery, exhibitions, medieval, museums and galleries) Jan 27 The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (books, Giuseppe Tomasi, Italy, novels) Jan 26 Sharevari (music, YouTube) Jan 26 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2008 (2008, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 18 Welsh rarebit (beer, cheese, food and drink) Jan 17 Terracotta warriors at the BM (art, British Museum, China, exhibitions, museums and galleries) Jan 16 Night owls (birds) Jan 13 Millais at the Tate (art, C19th, exhibitions, Millais, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Jan 8 Primarily peculiar (politics, USA) Jan 6 Moby Dick (books, C19th, Herman Melville, mammals, novels, whales) Jan 5 Bird of the Year 2007: best performances in a supporting role (2007, amphibians, BOTY, Crete, flowers, frogs, insects, invertebrates, moths, plants, reptiles, trees) Jan 3 Links of the year 2007 (2007, Heraclitean Fire, links) Jan 2 Puy & pea soup (food and drink, ham, soup)
2007
Dec 31 Bird of the Year 2007 (2007, birds, BOTY, Crete, cuckoos, European Roller, Little Bittern, Little Crake, sparrow, stock dove, Tawny Owl) Dec 25 T’is the season (birds, Christmas, robin) Dec 20 Redwings (birds, digiscoping, photography, redwing, winter) Dec 18 Fela Kuti (Africa, Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, music, Nigeria, YouTube) Dec 15 New iTunes icon for Leopard: Aphex Twin (Aphex Twin, Apple, computers, design, iTunes, music) Dec 12 Ho Ho Ho! (Borough Market, Christmas, food and drink, fungi, London) Dec 9 What a Walrus (Albrecht Dürer, art, British Museum, mammals, museums and galleries, rhinos, walruses) Dec 7 In The Mood For Love (China, films) Dec 5 All Persons Visiting the Whale (British Library, C19th, fish, museums and galleries) Dec 5 The Mammoth Brigade of Black Comedians (British Library, C19th, London, museums and galleries, music hall, theatre) Dec 2 Cider (cider, dialect, food and drink, language) Dec 1 Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (animals, birds, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Natural History Museum, photography) Dec 1 American Pastoral by Philip Roth (books, novels, Philip Roth) Nov 28 Did he who made the lamb make thee? (C18th, C19th, London, poetry, William Blake) Nov 22 No Euro 2008 for us, then. (England, football, sport) Nov 13 Renaissance Siena at the National Gallery (art, C15th, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery) Nov 11 George III and the Mad-Business by Ida Macalpine and Richard Hunter (biography, books, C18th, George III, history, medicine, psychiatry) Nov 8 Just a little Memling (art, C15th, Hans Memling) Nov 7 Hwaet? (Angelina Jolie, Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, films) Nov 6 Georg Baselitz at the Royal Academy (art, exhibitions, Georg Baselitz, museums and galleries, Royal Academy) Nov 4 Parakeets (birds, Ring-necked Parakeet) Nov 3 The girthiest tree at Kew? (chestnut, Kew Gardens, London, plants, trees) Oct 31 Big trees at Kew (art, chestnut, exhibitions, Henry Moore, Kew Gardens, London, oak, plants, trees) Oct 25 Erasmus Darwin by Desmond King-Hele (biography, books, C18th, Desmond King-Hele, Erasmus Darwin, history, poetry) Oct 24 Darwin waxing lyrical (C19th, Charles Darwin, history) Oct 21 Visiting the crack (art, exhibitions, Louise Bourgeois, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Oct 20 computer problems (Apple, computers, Mac) Oct 17 How now, nuncle! (etymology, King Lear, Shakespeare, theatre) Oct 15 Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb (Antal Szerb, books, Hungary, novels) Oct 13 The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (books, Iraq, Philip Zimbardo, psychology, USA) Oct 12 James Brown and Pavarotti (James Brown, Luciano Pavarotti, music, soul, YouTube) Oct 11 Family roots (genealogy, history) Oct 11 Weird computer problems (Apple, computers, Mac) Oct 10 Garrincha (Brazil, football, Garrincha, sport, YouTube) Oct 9 Mmm, crustaceans. (crayfish, invertebrates) Oct 8 Apologies for infrequent posting (birds, hummingbirds, YouTube) Oct 6 Just a quick plug… (blogs, Clouded Drab, Heraclitean Fire, photography) Oct 5 All geeked out (gaming, Nintendo, technology) Oct 1 Island rugby (Fiji, New Zealand, rugby, Samoa, sport, Tonga) Sep 30 Those crazy Brits! (Gordon Brown, politics, UK) Sep 28 China, the Olympics, and antiquity diplomacy (art, Burma, China, exhibitions, Olympics, politics, sport) Sep 26 Making Money by Terry Pratchett (books, novels, Terry Pratchett) Sep 25 In non-Internet Explorer related news… (blogs, Clouded Drab, Heraclitean Fire, photography) Sep 25 Polite request (Heraclitean Fire) Sep 24 Oh crap. (Heraclitean Fire) Sep 24 New stuff coming soon (music, Seu Jorge, YouTube) Sep 21 40 Days and 40 Nights by Matthew Chapman (books, evolution, religion, USA) Sep 19 ‘Sacred’ at the British Library (books, British Library, exhibitions, museums and galleries, religion) Sep 18 Under construction (Heraclitean Fire) Sep 17 More on the atheism/science malarkey (atheism, religion, science) Sep 16 Amusing advertisement (advertising, films, media, YouTube) Sep 15 Self-portrait with peristalsis (medicine, self portraits) Sep 13 Science ≠ Atheism (atheism, religion, science) Sep 10 Helvetica, the movie (design, films, Helvetica, typography) Sep 7 ‘We The People’ at the Globe (Eric Schlosser, London, Shakespeare, The Globe, theatre) Sep 5 Well, it amused *me*. (insects, invertebrates, moths) Sep 4 Site Redesign (design, Heraclitean Fire, photography, Wordpress) Sep 2 International Rock Flipping Day (International Rock Flipping Day, invertebrates, slugs) Sep 1 A bit of Dickens (books, C19th, Charles Dickens) Aug 29 New camera, same old clichés (Boris, cats, mammals, photography, Posy) Aug 28 Irrationality by Stuart Sutherland (books, psychology, Stuart Sutherland) Aug 27 Races and races (Africa, athletics, Ethiopia, Kenya, sport) Aug 22 The funniest thing on the internet (art, C19th, Pre-Raphaelites, William Bougereau) Aug 20 Fun with lenses (photography) Aug 17 Samurai William by Giles Milton (books, Giles Milton, history, Japan) Aug 15 The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (books, India, Islam, novels, religion, Salman Rushdie, South Asia) Aug 13 Moths and meteorites (astronomy, insects, invertebrates, moths, National Moth Night, slugs, YouTube) Aug 9 Elizabeth by David Starkey (books, David Starkey, Elizabeth I, history, religion, royalty) Aug 8 Exciting moth news! (insects, invertebrates, moths) Aug 6 Sparrow! (birds, London, sparrow) Aug 4 Barbecue weather and frozen breakfast (food and drink, ice cream, salad, yoghurt) Aug 2 Some local insects (beetles, butterflies, damselflies, flies, insects, invertebrates) Aug 1 The Seventh Seal (films, Ingmar Bergman) Jul 31 The Elements of Typographic Style (books, design, Robert Bringhurst, typography) Jul 29 ‘Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan’ at the BM (art, British Museum, craft, exhibitions, Japan, museums and galleries) Jul 27 scrabble scrabble scrabble (birds, Ring-necked Parakeet) Jul 25 Digiscoping parakeets (birds, digiscoping, photography, Ring-necked Parakeet) Jul 24 Digiscoping woodpeckers (birds, digiscoping, photography, woodpeckers, YouTube) Jul 23 Cycads (cycads, plants) Jul 20 Dutch Portraits at the National Gallery (art, exhibitions, Frans Hals, museums and galleries, National Gallery, Netherlands, Rembrandt) Jul 18 David Beckham and the Deathly Hallows (David Beckham, Harry Potter, sport) Jul 16 Atheist, not agnostic. Honestly. (agnosticism, atheism, religion) Jul 14 More ephemera (British Library, museums and galleries) Jul 13 The British Library online collections (British Library, museums and galleries) Jul 11 Anthony Gormley at the Hayward (Anthony Gormley, art, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, London, museums and galleries) Jul 10 Too wit to woo (birds, Shakespeare, Tawny Owl, theatre) Jul 7 FSotW: Paleontology (Flickr set of the week) Jul 6 Notes from the war (books, history, war, WWII) Jul 5 rain rain rain (weather) Jul 1 Pop Princess (music, Princess Diana, royalty) Jun 27 Malachi Stilt-Jack am I (architecture, England, weather) Jun 26 Politician of the day… (language, Northern Ireland, politics) Jun 25 Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran (books, Iraq, politics, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, USA, war) Jun 23 Yay for Salman (books, politics, religion, Salman Rushdie) Jun 19 We Are At War by Simon Garfield (books, history, war, WWII) Jun 19 Since you ask… (atheism, religion) Jun 16 FSotW: Bending Light (Flickr set of the week) Jun 15 Video digiscoping experiment (amphibians, digiscoping, greenfinch, Little Crake, photography, toads) Jun 13 This is a CRA. (language) Jun 12 Train songs (Elizabeth Cotten, Kraftwerk, music, trains, YouTube) Jun 10 ‘Surreal Things’ at the V&A (design, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Surrealism, V&A) Jun 6 London 2012 logo reactions (design, London, London 2012, Olympics, sport) Jun 2 FSotW: Rayguns (Flickr set of the week) Jun 1 Lnafcbi ,cyd Eprkat (computers, Dvorak keyboard layout) May 30 Self-Portraits from the Uffizi (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, self portraits) May 29 ‘amongst other things’ (Brazil, Charles Darwin, history) May 28 Two Lives by Vikram Seth (books, England, Germany, India, London, Vikram Seth) May 26 FSotW: Inverkip Power Station (Flickr set of the week, Scotland) May 22 The Utility of Force by Rupert Smith (books, politics, Rupert Smith, war) May 20 Anglo-Saxon names (Anglo-Saxon, history, language, names, poetry) May 19 Mark Lawrenson: just SHUT UP already (football, Mark Lawrenson, sport, television) May 18 Cognitive dissonance at the cricket (cricket, Kirsten Dunst, sport) May 16 WordPress 2.2 upgrade hitches (Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress) May 16 The Italian Job by Gianluca Vialli (books, football, Gianluca Vialli, sport) May 15 smoke-filled rooms (Europe, music, politics, television) May 14 Kolokithokeftedes (sort of) (Crete, food and drink, Greece, kolokithokeftedes) May 12 FSotW: Old Disneyland (Flickr set of the week, USA) May 11 because it amuses me (internet, music) May 8 Blogger Bio-blitz #3: Lasithi plateau (bioblitz, birds, blogs, Crete, flowers, Greece, holidays, plants) May 3 Blogger Bio-blitz #2: Paleohora (bioblitz, birds, blogs, Crete, flowers, Greece, holidays, plants) May 3 Books books books (books, Crete, Greece, Heraclitean Fire, holidays) May 2 The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (books, Colombia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, novels) May 2 Crete by Antony Beevor (Antony Beevor, books, Crete, history, non-fiction, WWII) May 2 Freedom and Death by Nikos Kazantzakis (books, Crete, Greece, Nikos Kazantzakis, novels) May 2 Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (books, Greece, Nikos Kazantzakis, novels) May 1 Blogger Bio-blitz #1: Ayia Lake (amphibians, bioblitz, birds, blogs, Crete, cuckoos, digiscoping, frogs, Greece, Little Bittern, Little Crake, photography) May 1 Blogger Bio-blitz: Crete overview (bioblitz, birds, blogs, Crete, Greece) Apr 29 Lasithi (birds, Crete, flowers, holidays, plants) Apr 29 napowrimo #24-28 (napowrimo 2007) Apr 26 Hell in waiting (Crete, holidays) Apr 26 napowrimo 24: no title (napowrimo 2007) Apr 26 Long day planned (Crete, holidays) Apr 25 Bio Blitz bust (Crete, holidays) Apr 23 Red-letter day (birds, Crete, holidays) Apr 22 Paleohora (Crete, holidays) Apr 21 The lake of crakes (birds, Crete, holidays, Little Crake) Apr 20 birding at Aghia Triada (birds, Crete, flowers, holidays, plants) Apr 19 Hania, still. (birds, Crete, food and drink, holidays) Apr 19 napowrimo #18 – squiblet (napowrimo 2007) Apr 18 The Nicholas Brothers (dance, films, theatre) Apr 18 Hania/Chania/Xania/Canea (Crete, holidays) Apr 18 napowrimo 17: The Death of Maradona (Diego Maradona, napowrimo 2007, sport) Apr 17 Knossos (birds, Crete, holidays) Apr 15 nopowriday (Crete, holidays, napowrimo 2007) Apr 15 A cunning plan (Crete, Greece, holidays, photography) Apr 15 Butterflies (butterflies, insects, invertebrates) Apr 11 napowrimo 11: Making Pizza (napowrimo 2007, pizza) Apr 11 Wildlife round-up (beetles, birds, climate change, insects, invertebrates) Apr 10 napowrimo 10: Hollow (napowrimo 2007) Apr 10 Manchester United 7, Roma 1 (football, Manchester United, sport) Apr 8 napowrimo 8: salmon (napowrimo 2007) Apr 5 napowrimo 5: nightlife (napowrimo 2007) Apr 5 First Annual Blogger Bioblitz (animals, blogs, fungi, invertebrates, plants) Apr 4 Bare-faced cheek from Sky Sports (football, media, Sky, sport, television) Apr 4 The Campaign for Better Smilies (design, smilies, typography) Apr 3 napowrimo 3: Spring (napowrimo 2007) Apr 1 napowrimo 1: Parks (napowrimo 2007) Mar 31 FSotW: Letter S (Flickr set of the week) Mar 28 Epistem [ornith] ology (birds, spring) Mar 27 In your face, folk wisdom! (birds, folklore, weather, woodpeckers) Mar 24 FSotW: Phnom Penh Garbage Dump (Cambodia, Flickr set of the week) Mar 23 Monkey Girl by Edward Humes (books, Edward Humes, evolution, non-fiction, USA) Mar 22 there’s only one Ronaldo (Christiano Ronaldo, football, Manchester United, sport) Mar 21 Birding the dictionary 3 (birds, cuckoos, etymology, language, plovers, woodpeckers) Mar 20 just a thought (internet, internet nostalgia) Mar 14 New section: Music & Books (books, Heraclitean Fire, music) Mar 13 Pee Rages (politics, Tony Blair) Mar 12 ‘Canaletto in England’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery (art, Canaletto, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries) Mar 11 Death to the wiki (Heraclitean Fire, The Poetry Wiki) Mar 10 FSotW: 163 Beach Huts (England, Flickr set of the week) Mar 9 More crakery from the canon (Andrew Marvell, birds, corncrake, poetry) Mar 8 I and the Bird #44 (birds, blogs) Mar 8 Continuous Revolution (news, politics) Mar 7 Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (books, Margaret Atwood, novels) Mar 6 Evolved belief? (evolution, religion) Mar 5 Birding the dictionary 2 (birds, cormorant, corncrake, etymology, John Clare, language, water rail) Mar 4 War—hunh—Good God, y’all (Edwin Starr, gospel, music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, soul, YouTube) Mar 4 Ian Wright Wright Wright (Ian Wright, sport, YouTube) Mar 3 FSotW: Military Weaponry for Kids (China, Flickr set of the week) Mar 2 Gilbert and George at Tate Modern (art, exhibitions, Gilbert and George, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Feb 28 Darwin’s prose (books, Charles Darwin, evolution, history) Feb 28 My toy camera: the Cardcam (cardcam, lomography, photography) Feb 27 New improved photo page (Flickr, Heraclitean Fire, internet, photography) Feb 26 last.fm, again (last.fm, music) Feb 26 The Tribes of Britain by David Miles (books, David Miles, history, non-fiction) Feb 24 FSotW: Buenos Aires Street Art (Argentina, Flickr set of the week, graffiti) Feb 22 Digiscoping and Lomography (birds, digiscoping, lomography, photography) Feb 21 The Incredible Hulk smoothie (food and drink, fruit) Feb 19 Sexy CSS (CSS, Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress) Feb 18 Birding the dictionary (birds, dunlin, dunnock, etymology, language, robin, sanderling) Feb 17 FSotW: Stereographic Projections (Flickr set of the week, photography) Feb 16 John Amaechi, Tim Hardaway and homophobia (basketball, homosexuality, John Amaechi, sport) Feb 15 Wii tennis (technology, Wii) Feb 14 Doublehard Goans (curry, food and drink, India) Feb 10 The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner (birds, books, Darwin finches, evolution, Galapagos, Jonathan Weiner, non-fiction, science) Feb 10 FSotW: Polaroids (Flickr set of the week, photography, USA) Feb 8 Exciting Bird News! (birds, stock dove) Feb 8 thoughts on England vs Spain (England, football, Spain, sport) Feb 6 Fucking bootiful (birds, news, science) Feb 3 FSotW: My Happy Soviet Childhood (Flickr set of the week, Russia, USSR) Feb 3 Wow! You are awesome! (memes, religion) Feb 2 YouTube Madness (baile funk, football, music, soul, sport, YouTube) Feb 1 Presidents and small gods (politics, religion, royalty) Jan 29 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2007 (2007, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 28 Talking bollocks about technology (computers, media, technology, The Guardian) Jan 25 Steinbeck on lice (books, history, insects, invertebrates, lice) Jan 25 Fun with type (design, typography) Jan 25 Site Redesign (Heraclitean Fire) Jan 23 upgrade trauma (computers, Wordpress) Jan 21 Food with a face (birds, duck, food and drink) Jan 20 FSotW: Doorbell Instructions (Flickr set of the week) Jan 20 the coming of 3D video games (art, Carlo Crivelli, gaming, Sega, technology) Jan 19 Taboo vocabulary (Big Brother, language, media, The Telegraph) Jan 17 Worst product design EVER! (beer, design, packaging) Jan 16 Casino Royale (films, James Bond) Jan 15 Soccer in the US (cricket, David Beckham, England, football, rugby, sport, USA) Jan 14 The Last King of Scotland (Africa, films, Uganda) Jan 13 FsotW: zoomify (Flickr set of the week) Jan 11 Beckham going to LA (David Beckham, sport) Jan 9 ‘Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring’ (books, food and drink, history) Jan 7 Tender American sensibilities (England, language, OED, UK, USA) Jan 6 bird of the year 2006: best performances in a supporting role (2006, amphibians, birds, BOTY, butterflies, cacti, crabs, dolphins, Ecuador, fish, flowers, frogs, Galapagos, iguanas, insects, invertebrates, mammals, manta rays, plants, reptiles, sea lions, Spain, turtles, whales) Jan 3 (my) bird of the year, 2006 (2006, albatrosses, birds, BOTY, Darwin finches, Ecuador, Galapagos, Spain) Jan 1 London sports day (London, London 2012, sport)
2006
Dec 31 Rodin at the RA (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Rodin, Royal Academy) Dec 31 Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith, music, YouTube) Dec 31 Mr James Brown (James Brown, music, YouTube) Dec 28 Fave books of 2006 (2006, biography, birds, books, cricket, Federico Garcia Lorca, Grayson Perry, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, poetry, Rembrandt, Simon Schama, sport, Temple Grandin) Dec 26 Stuffing, woodpeckers and James Brown (birds, food and drink, heron, James Brown, music, stuffing, woodpeckers) Dec 16 FSotW: Heavy Metal Concert Flyers (Flickr set of the week, heavy metal, posters) Dec 15 Tulear Never Sleeps (Africa, Calabash Music, Madagascar, music) Dec 10 Mii and Wii (Shigeru Miyamoto, Wii) Dec 7 Elizabethiana (history, politics, royalty, Shakespeare, theatre, Tudors, war) Dec 4 Winter gloomth (winter) Dec 2 FSotW: Katrina Damage (Flickr set of the week, USA) Nov 30 about 2023406814 (computers) Nov 29 I could have told them that. (design, money, USA) Nov 27 ‘Holbein in England’ at Tate Britain (art, exhibitions, Hans Holbein, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Nov 26 FSotW: local (Flickr set of the week) Nov 24 Adam Elsheimer at DPG (Adam Elsheimer, art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries) Nov 23 Hurray for the London Olympics! (London, London 2012, Olympics, sport) Nov 22 Holiday book report: Bleak House (books, Charles Dickens, holidays) Nov 21 Galapagos pics (birds, Ecuador, Flickr, Galapagos, holidays, internet, photography) Nov 21 Whee! (technology, Wii) Nov 20 Red Kites (birds, Red Kite) Nov 18 FSotW: matchbox labels (design, Flickr set of the week) Nov 16 Stupid instruments (Ecuador, music, Trinidad and Tobago) Nov 16 American oenophilia (food and drink, USA, wine) Nov 15 More ethnic food slurs (England, food and drink, France, history, India, Tudors) Nov 15 British food (blogs, food and drink, UK, USA) Nov 14 Velazquez at the National Gallery (art, Diego Velazquez, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery) Nov 13 Birding in the clouds (birds, Ecuador, holidays) Nov 13 Back in London. (London) Nov 9 Cloudforest (Ecuador, holidays) Nov 4 Rainforest (amphibians, birds, Ecuador, frogs, holidays, insects, invertebrates) Nov 4 FSotW: antennas (Flickr set of the week) Nov 3 High drama on the Rio Napo (crime, Ecuador, holidays) Oct 29 Quito, the Galapagos and stuff (birds, Ecuador, evolution, Galapagos) Oct 28 FSotW: Tiny Animals On Fingers (animals, Flickr set of the week) Oct 26 In the Galapagos (Darwin finches, dolphins, Ecuador, evolution, holidays, mammals, penguins, plants, reptiles, turtles) Oct 21 And on to Galapagos (Ecuador, holidays) Oct 21 FSotW: USSR Posters (advertising, design, Flickr set of the week, media, posters, propaganda, Russia, USSR) Oct 20 Over the Ocean (Ecuador, holidays) Oct 18 Religion as a symptom (history, religion) Oct 17 One Day In History and At Home In Renaissance Italy (art, exhibitions, history, museums and galleries, V&A) Oct 16 Cutting up books (birds, books, Ecuador) Oct 14 FSotW: Fibre “Quick on the Draw” Drawings (drawing, Flickr set of the week, museums and galleries, Queen Victoria, V&A) Oct 13 comment spam (Akismet, computers, Heraclitean Fire, spam, Wordpress) Oct 13 Colonial troops in WWII (France, history, India, UK, war, WWII) Oct 10 The Sun on the North Korean nuclear test (media, news, North Korea, The Sun) Oct 8 Militant Atheism (atheism, Christianity, Islam, politics, religion, Richard Dawkins, terrorism, UK, USA) Oct 8 Heron (amphibians, birds, frogs, heron) Oct 7 FSotW: Namibia (Flickr set of the week, Namibia) Oct 3 The Amish (Amish, religion) Oct 1 The Queen (films, royalty, Tony Blair) Sep 30 FSotW: Women’s bathroom graffiti in Helsinki (Finland, Flickr set of the week, graffiti) Sep 29 Modigliani at the RA (art, beetles, exhibitions, insects, invertebrates, Modigliani, museums and galleries, Royal Academy) Sep 26 Biography (biography, books, history) Sep 24 FSotW: Digital Dendrology (botany, Flickr set of the week, plants, trees) Sep 22 New new iTunes icons (Apple, computers, design, iTunes, music) Sep 21 LibraryThing (books, LibraryThing) Sep 20 the clean, dry corpse of a parrot (books, cricket, England, espionage, history, sport, war) Sep 16 FSotW: Good Decorating (design, Flickr set of the week) Sep 14 Houses of Parliament (Houses of Parliament, London) Sep 13 Yet again with the iTunes icons (Apple, computers, design, iTunes, music) Sep 13 More iTunes icons (Apple, computers, design, iTunes, music) Sep 11 Planet Ping Pong (GBA, sport, table tennis) Sep 10 New iTunes icons (computers, iTunes, Mac, music) Sep 9 FSotW: Tyneham – the village that died for D-Day (Flickr set of the week, history, UK, war) Sep 6 Shelley the lost Victorian (biography, books, Byron, C19th, history, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poetry, Richard Holmes, Robert Browning, Romanticism) Sep 2 Bleep music store (Bleep, music) Sep 2 FSotW: Japanese people (Flickr set of the week, Japan) Sep 1 Supernature (disco, music, YouTube) Aug 31 Magic money (money) Aug 29 Princess Mononoke (films, Harry Potter, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan) Aug 27 ‘Rebels and Martyrs’ at the National Gallery (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, National Gallery) Aug 26 FSotW: How To Make Paper (craft, Flickr set of the week) Aug 25 Toadstools (fungi) Aug 24 Crappy journalism in action (BBC, media, news, science) Aug 22 Shelley update (biography, books, history, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poetry, Richard Holmes) Aug 21 Ezine thoughts (Heraclitean Fire) Aug 21 Just not cricket (cricket, England, Pakistan, sport) Aug 20 ‘Rembrandt & Co: Dealing in Masterpieces’ at DPG (art, Dulwich Picture Gallery, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Rembrandt) Aug 19 FSotW: Experimental (Flickr set of the week) Aug 18 Shellier than thou (biography, books, history, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poetry, Richard Holmes) Aug 17 Shelley, Shellier, Shelliest. (biography, books, history, Percy Bysshe Shelley, poetry, Richard Holmes) Aug 16 Jonathan Ive and the post-gadget aesthetic (Apple, computers, design, iPod, technology) Aug 14 Summer days driftin’ away (cricket, football, sport) Aug 13 Stereotyping, cultural appropriation and such (blogs, British Virgin Islands, poetry, West Indies) Aug 12 FSotW: sleazy reads (books, design, Flickr set of the week) Aug 9 The V&A online (art, medieval, museums and galleries, religion, V&A) Aug 9 The ‘cricket test’ (cricket, England, Norman Tebbit, Pakistan, politics, Sajid Mahmood, sport) Aug 8 Cricket and politics (cricket, politics, sport) Aug 8 Yet another quick sonnet (poetry, sonnets) Aug 7 The beauty of cricket (cricket, sport, tennis) Aug 6 Gay clubs (homosexuality) Aug 5 Another quick sonnet (poetry, sonnets) Aug 5 Quick (ish) sonnet (poetry, sonnets) Aug 5 FSotW: Backyard Biodiversity: Bichos (beetles, dragonflies, Flickr set of the week, insects, invertebrates) Aug 4 Cultural blinkers (Africa, music) Aug 3 Chicken a l’estragon (chicken, food and drink, tarragon) Aug 1 Dada, modernism and suchlike (art, Charles Simic, Dada, Modernism, poetry) Aug 1 You said what now? (Arnold Schwarzenegger, news, politics, Tony Blair, USA) Jul 31 Fox cubs (Boris, cats, foxes, mammals) Jul 29 9rules Writing Community (9rules, blogs, poetry) Jul 29 FSotW: Red Brick Wall (architecture, Flickr set of the week) Jul 28 Africa in the news (Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, mp3 blogs, music, rumba, war) Jul 27 Deliciosity (del.icio.us, Heraclitean Fire) Jul 27 Harmison’s dew-pearled (cricket, England, Kevin Pietersen, Monty Panesar, Robert Browning, sport, Steve Harmison) Jul 25 God’s cock and hen (birds, chaffinch, folklore, oral poetry, poetry, robin, sparrow, wren) Jul 24 simple pleasures (chicken, food and drink, wine) Jul 24 eBooks on iPod? (Apple, books, computers, iPod, technology) Jul 22 Rough Crossings by Simon Schama (Africa, books, Canada, history, Sierra Leone, Simon Schama, UK, USA) Jul 22 FSotW: Car Boot Britain (Flickr set of the week, UK) Jul 20 Anglo-Saxon literature (Anglo-Saxon, poetry) Jul 18 Fruit of my Seed (birds, drugs, flowers, London, plants) Jul 18 Non-news story of the week (BBC, cloning, media, news) Jul 17 More vespal entertainment (blogs, Flickr, insects, internet, invertebrates, wasps) Jul 16 Scallops with serrano ham and sherry (food and drink, ham, scallops, sherry, Spain) Jul 15 Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin (animals, autism, books, evolution, neurology, Oliver Sacks, Temple Grandin) Jul 15 FSotW: knocker (Flickr set of the week) Jul 14 In which Harry demonstrates his pedantic soul (Buddhism, English, Greek, language, Latin) Jul 13 The Zutons (music, The Zutons) Jul 12 What the right phrase can do to your site traffic (Google, Heraclitean Fire, sport, Zinedine Zidane) Jul 9 Today’s big question (football, France, Italy, sport, World Cup, Zinedine Zidane) Jul 8 FSotW: Jumping pictures (Flickr set of the week, photography) Jul 8 shook foil (George Bush, Gerard Manley Hopkins, news, poetry, politics, Saddam Hussein) Jul 7 17th century fly-by (art, blogs, computers, history, London, YouTube) Jul 6 In Praise of Shadows (Anglo-Saxon, Japan, literature, poetry) Jul 5 Semi-finals (France, Italy, sport, World Cup, Zinedine Zidane) Jul 3 Rembrandt’s Eyes by Simon Schama (art, biography, books, history, Netherlands, Rembrandt, self portraits, Simon Schama) Jul 1 England out (England, sport, World Cup) Jul 1 FSotW: All Evening Standard Headlines (Evening Standard, Flickr set of the week, London, media) Jun 30 Wasp nest super close-up (insects, invertebrates, photography, wasps) Jun 29 Bashō big in school supplies (Basho, books, Japan, poetry) Jun 29 Kandinsky at the Tate (art, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Tate Modern, Wassily Kandinsky) Jun 27 Cool new snake… (reptiles, snakes) Jun 27 Bookings, red cards and the sin bin (football, sport, World Cup) Jun 26 Wasp nest (insects, invertebrates, wasps) Jun 26 England vs Ecuador (Ecuador, England, sport, World Cup) Jun 24 World Cup blather (sport, World Cup) Jun 24 FSotW: African Fish (fish, Flickr set of the week) Jun 23 ARMED POLICE RAID FARCE (Evening Standard, London, media, news) Jun 20 World Cup food blogging – Sweden (biscuits, England, food and drink, football, sport, Sweden, World Cup) Jun 20 Flies, again. (flies, insects, invertebrates) Jun 19 Constable at the Tate (art, El Greco, exhibitions, John Constable, museums and galleries, Tate Britain) Jun 18 FSotW: Rake art (art, Flickr set of the week, photography) Jun 17 Separated At Birth? (Christiano Ronaldo, gerenuks, mammals, sport) Jun 17 Argentina, Angola, and Africa (Africa, Angola, Argentina, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 15 World Cup food blogging – Trinidad and Tobago (England, food and drink, sport, Trinidad and Tobago, World Cup) Jun 14 Amusing football thing (football, sport, Sweden, YouTube) Jun 13 Cult of Brasil (Brazil, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 13 Togo vs. South Korea – live blogging! (football, South Korea, sport, Togo, World Cup) Jun 12 FIFA London Cup 2006 (Angola, England, football, London, Portugal, South Korea, sport, World Cup) Jun 12 Cute (bears, cats, foxes, mammals) Jun 10 Eight minutes to kick off (England, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 10 Peculiar subtitles (football, sport, television, World Cup) Jun 10 Soccer, soca, and similar (music, Paraguay, soca, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, World Cup) Jun 8 Flies, flies and more flies. (evolution, insects, invertebrates) Jun 7 The Hall of a Thousand Columns (blogs, books, language, Tim Mackintosh-Smith) Jun 7 Those Ashley Cole rumours (Ashley Cole, David Beckham, football, sport, World Cup) Jun 5 Sport on YouTube (cricket, football, golf, sport, YouTube) Jun 5 Another damselfly (damselflies, insects, invertebrates) Jun 5 playing with cameras (computers, damselflies, insects, invertebrates, photography) Jun 3 Damselflies (damselflies, dragonflies, insects, invertebrates) Jun 1 ‘Undercover Surrealism’ at the Hayward (art, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, Modernism, museums and galleries, Surrealism, V&A) May 31 Creepy-crawly goodness (blogs, insects, invertebrates) May 28 Rain, rain, go away (England, statistics, weather) May 28 Big Chief Elizabeth (England, Giles Milton, history, poetry, USA) May 25 Michelangelo drawings at the BM (art, British Museum, London, Michelangelo, museums and galleries) May 25 Don’t mention the war (football, Germany, sport) May 22 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture (animals, architecture, birds, books, design, flowers, plants) May 21 Billy Elliot, the Musical (Billy Elliot, London, musicals, theatre) May 18 WordPress 2.0 Theme Competition – winners announced (Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress, Wordpress themes) May 17 ‘Modernism: Designing a New World’ at the V&A (architecture, design, exhibitions, Modernism, museums and galleries, V&A) May 15 Not exactly a thrashing (cricket, England, sport, Sri Lanka) May 15 Bomb-sniffing flowers (flowers, food and drink, genetic engineering, Monsanto, news, plants, science) May 13 The Plot Against America – Philip Roth (books, cricket, England, James Joyce, novels, Philip Roth, sport, Sri Lanka, Tristram Shandy, USA) May 13 And in the beginning was the video (blogs, computers, Mac, YouTube) May 12 ’70s Tanzanian music (mp3 blogs, music, Tanzania) May 10 Square America (blogs, photography, USA) May 9 Announcing Macaws 1.0 (Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress, Wordpress themes) May 8 New theme, again. (Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress themes) May 7 Intellectuals, science, and the English Channel (art, C. P. Snow, cultural stuff, France, maths, poetry, science, UK) May 6 Adela reaumurella (birds, insects, invertebrates, midges, moths) May 5 #23 – Orphosis (napowrimo 2006) May 4 The ternness of terns (art, birds, blogs, flowers, George Szirtes, plants, science) May 4 Menu drollery (food and drink, Spain) May 2 Brilliant BBC fact-checking (birds, journalism, media, news) May 2 ‘Gothic Nightmares’ at the Tate (art, exhibitions, Henry Fuseli, James Gillray, London, museums and galleries, Tate Britain, William Blake) Apr 29 Spain photos (birds, holidays, photography, Spain) Apr 29 napowrimo sitrep (napowrimo 2006) Apr 29 Spain Bird List (birds, holidays, Spain) Apr 28 Whee! (Nintendo, technology) Apr 27 poetry madness (John Betjemen, music, poetry) Apr 22 Macro (flowers, photography, plants) Apr 22 noozpapers (media, news, politics) Apr 21 #19 – kitty ditty (napowrimo 2006) Apr 21 Whales watched. (birds, holidays, mammals, Spain, whales) Apr 20 whale-watching (birds, holidays, mammals, Spain, whales) Apr 20 #18 – Tarifa (napowrimo 2006) Apr 18 Tarifa (birds, holidays, Spain) Apr 17 #17 – ‘The mysterious…’ (napowrimo 2006) Apr 17 #14 – a skipping rhyme (napowrimo 2006) Apr 17 #13 – a poet’s lament (napowrimo 2006) Apr 16 humph. (holidays, music, Spain) Apr 16 napowrimo status report (napowrimo 2006) Apr 16 Sevilla (food and drink, holidays, religion, Spain) Apr 12 #12 – two squibs (napowrimo 2006) Apr 12 El Rocio (birds, holidays, Spain) Apr 12 #11 – ku (napowrimo 2006) Apr 3 Hiatus (Heraclitean Fire, holidays, Spain) Apr 3 LOL! (blogs, London, news, USA) Apr 3 After 200 million years of abstinence… (animals, bdelloid rotifers, darwinulids, evolution, invertebrates) Apr 3 #2 – Epigram (napowrimo 2006) Apr 2 Government ‘harassment’ (animals, food and drink, news) Apr 1 #1 – Siesta (napowrimo 2006) Apr 1 Sparrowhawk (birds, digiscoping, photography, sparrowhawk) Mar 31 Monthly searches (Heraclitean Fire) Mar 31 Atheism again (blogs, evolution, religion) Mar 29 Arsenal (England, football, London, sport) Mar 28 napowrimo (napowrimo 2005) Mar 27 page vs performance (blogs, George Szirtes, poetry, poetry readings, Ros Barber) Mar 27 a pensée (birds, flowers, insects, invertebrates, plants) Mar 26 Passing it forward (mp3 blogs, music) Mar 26 Curious clothing links (design, technology) Mar 24 Baile Funk (baile funk, music) Mar 24 Birds, history and stuff (architecture, birds, history, Spain) Mar 23 England vs. India (bodice-rippers, cricket, Heraclitean Fire, Marcus Trescothick, politics, sport) Mar 23 more atheism (atheism, religion, USA) Mar 22 Transitional species (birds, evolution, science) Mar 20 It’s a whole different world. (atheism, England, politics, religion, UK, USA) Mar 18 Salsa di Speck (food and drink, Italy) Mar 17 Gaming and art (art, gaming) Mar 16 hable despacio por favor (computers, holidays, jMemorize, language, Spain) Mar 16 MAKE, folk art, and postpoems.com (art, blogs, poetry, technology) Mar 15 Sir Shigeru (France, gaming, Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto, technology) Mar 15 Hummingbird names (birds, blogs, poetry, Venezuela) Mar 12 Spring is sprung (birds, goldfinch, spring) Mar 12 Well done Rob (poetry) Mar 11 WordPress Theme Competition (blogs, Wordpress, Wordpress themes) Mar 11 mock-mock (architecture, history, Houses of Parliament, London, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey) Mar 9 The Lipstick of Noise (blogs, mp3 blogs, poetry) Mar 9 Ashley Cole and gay footballers (Ashley Cole, football, homosexuality, news, sport) Mar 5 Ajax and the common man (CSS, Flickr, internet, technology, Wordpress, Wordpress themes, XHTML) Mar 3 Homemade bacon (bacon, books, food and drink) Mar 3 My latest web design bonnet-bee (design, internet, Wordpress themes) Mar 3 WordPress Theme Competition (blogs, design, Wordpress themes) Mar 1 Search terms for February (Heraclitean Fire) Feb 28 Learning algebra (blogs, maths, school, science) Feb 25 Ken suspended (Ken Livingston, London, news, politics) Feb 23 Remind me to go and live on a hill (architecture, blogs, London) Feb 15 MLT (British Museum, Egypt, exhibitions, museums and galleries) Feb 14 No Smoking (England, news, politics) Feb 13 The cruellest month. Not. (birds, holidays, Spain) Feb 12 Viva España (birds, Spain) Feb 11 Olympic story (Olympics, sport) Feb 10 Cambodian Hip Hop (hip-hop, mp3 blogs, music) Feb 9 More Cockroachy Goodness (strange stuff, technology) Feb 9 Dokonjo Daikon (daikon, food and drink, Japan, news) Feb 7 CSS positioning (CSS, design, internet) Feb 6 Testers wanted! (CSS, design, internet, Wordpress themes) Feb 6 web design stuff (design, Heraclitean Fire, internet, poetry) Feb 4 giving children the clap (mp3 blogs, music) Feb 3 103 mutations of drosophila (insects, invertebrates, mutants, science) Feb 2 WordPress 2.0 Theme Design Competition (blogs, Wordpress, Wordpress themes) Feb 1 Every Playboy centerfold (art, design, photography) Feb 1 Pope’s ‘An Essay on Criticism’ (Alexander Pope, Heraclitean Fire) Jan 31 Shaolin Soccer (films, football, sport) Jan 30 New Theme (design, Flickr, Heraclitean Fire, internet, Wordpress, Wordpress themes) Jan 28 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2006 (2006, birds, RSPB, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 28 AOMSHJDOTBD (blogs, Chaucer) Jan 26 Burns Night (food and drink, poetry) Jan 25 Diaries and such (blogs, Heraclitean Fire) Jan 25 lipstick of noise (mp3 blogs, poetry) Jan 24 ain’t nature wonderful? (animals, news) Jan 24 Rousseau at the Tate (art, exhibitions, Henri Rousseau, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Jan 23 Falco peregrinus (birds, museums and galleries, Tate Modern) Jan 21 The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Flying Spaghetti Monster, religion, science) Jan 20 Three translations of Montale (blogs, Eugenio Montale, poetry, translation) Jan 18 Linkworthiness (art, blogs, pop, technology) Jan 17 Mutant poetry (Hunterian Museum, museums and galleries, mutants, notebook, poetry) Jan 17 Birdstrike wing (birds, Flickr, internet, photography) Jan 16 WordPress upgrade (a category created on the fly, blogs, Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress) Jan 12 RSPCA ‘Freedom Food’ (animals, food and drink, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, RSPCA) Jan 7 Chihuly at Kew (art, Dale Chihuly, design, Flickr, internet, Kew Gardens, London) Jan 7 Duchamp vandalism and BBC fuckwittery (art, BBC, Marcel Duchamp, media, news) Jan 6 po-heritage (cultural stuff, poetry, USA) Jan 6 linkworthy weirdness (blogs, strange stuff, technology) Jan 5 The Poetry Wiki, again (computers, Heraclitean Fire, poetry, The Poetry Wiki, wiki) Jan 4 Ha! (blogs, science, technology) Jan 4 The Poetry Wiki, back by popular demand (computers, Heraclitean Fire, poetry, The Poetry Wiki, wiki, Wikipedia) Jan 2 Mutants and the Dutch (books, Netherlands, science) Jan 1 bon any nou… (language)
2005
Dec 29 Drugs, hypocrisy and baby milk (crime, drugs, Heraclitean Fire, politics) Dec 28 Flickr field guide (birds, books, computers, Flickr, internet, open source, wiki, Wikipedia) Dec 28 Galileo satnav (Europe, science, technology) Dec 26 Stuffing update (Christmas, food and drink, stuffing) Dec 25 Christmas (Heraclitean Fire) Dec 23 Anyone need a good stuffing? (Christmas, food and drink, stuffing) Dec 22 Tomorrow’s News Today (internet, news, politics) Dec 21 Magnum photo-essays (internet, London, music, photography) Dec 21 Szirtes on the myopia of poets (blogs, George Szirtes, poetry) Dec 21 more folk wisdom (books, internet) Dec 19 Folk Wisdom (food and drink) Dec 12 “the happiest band in the world” (mp3 blogs, music, Orchestra Super Mazembe) Dec 11 Movie remakes (books, films) Dec 9 he just doesn’t get it (Apple, computers, design, iPod, Mac) Dec 8 Pony or Porny? (internet) Dec 6 Happy Birthday to me (birds, computers, iPod, iTunes, music) Dec 4 Orchestra Super Mazembe (mp3 blogs, music) Dec 3 England vs Pakistan (cricket, sport) Dec 2 the coolest use of Flickr EVER!! (Flickr, food and drink, internet) Dec 2 So why blog against racism anyway? (Blog Against Racism Day, blogs) Dec 2 Blog Against Racism Day (Blog Against Racism Day, blogs) Nov 30 searchy searchy (Heraclitean Fire) Nov 29 Poet of the Year… (hip-hop, music, poetry, pop) Nov 29 blog design (blogs, CSS, design, internet, Wordpress, XHTML) Nov 26 Strictly Come Dancing & Darren Gough (cricket, Darren Gough, football, sport, Strictly Come Dancing, television) Nov 24 That Szirtes lecture (George Szirtes, lectures, poetry) Nov 22 T S Eliot Lecture – George Szirtes (Don Paterson, George Szirtes, lectures, poetry) Nov 21 Fairy rocks (Andy Goldsworthy, art, countries and regions, fairies, Japan, news, Wales) Nov 20 Vatican Starman Slams ID! (evolution, news, religion, science) Nov 18 music on the net (blogs, computers, dancehall, hip-hop, iTunes, mp3 blogs, music, pop, soul) Nov 18 my poetry head (blogs, poetry) Nov 18 For a short time only – valid XHTML *and* CSS! (CSS, Heraclitean Fire, internet, XHTML) Nov 18 New design for the blog (blogs, CSS, Heraclitean Fire, Wordpress) Nov 15 Google Analytics (internet) Nov 15 ‘China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795’ at the RA (art, China, exhibitions, museums and galleries, Royal Academy) Nov 12 Flickr interesting photo meme (blogs, Flickr, Heraclitean Fire, internet, memes, photography) Nov 12 England vs Argentina (football, sport) Nov 11 wireless networks, bunnies (computers, Mac, mammals, rabbits, wireless networking) Nov 8 On the subject of iTunes (computers, iTunes, Mac, music) Nov 7 A silly new feature! (Audioscrobbler, blogs, computers, last.fm, music, Wordpress) Nov 5 familiar language in the news (language, news, politics) Nov 4 David Cameron (and Davis) (David Cameron, politics, Tony Blair) Nov 3 日本語 and all that jazz (computers, Gimp, Inkscape, Mac) Nov 1 Singing Mice (mammals, mice, science) Oct 31 spare ribs (food and drink) Oct 30 Purple Potatoes (food and drink) Oct 28 lyrics I like (Crash Test Dummies, music) Oct 28 It’s stripey! (art, Frank Frazetta) Oct 26 καλύβαπίτα (food and drink) Oct 26 wikipoetry and the wikinovel (books, computers, literature, open source, poetry, wiki, Wikipedia) Oct 26 Grayson Perry (art, Grayson Perry) Oct 24 Stanley Kubrick archive (films, Stanley Kubrick) Oct 21 APOD does it again (Astronomy Picture of the Day, science) Oct 20 Tristram Shandy – the movie (books, films, Tristram Shandy) Oct 19 Language whinge (language) Oct 19 Art gallery blurbs (art, exhibitions, Hayward Gallery, museums and galleries, Rachel Whiteread, Tate Modern) Oct 18 Lynne Truss (books) Oct 16 Stupid band names (music, X Factor) Oct 14 George Szirtes TS Eliot lecture (Don Paterson, George Szirtes, lectures, poetry) Oct 12 Rachel Whiteread at Tate Modern (art, museums and galleries, Rachel Whiteread, Tate Modern) Oct 12 Pandora.com (last.fm, music, Pandora) Oct 10 Language pet hates (language, Wikipedia) Oct 9 Pakistan Quake (cricket, news, Pakistan, sport) Oct 8 last.fm (internet, last.fm, music) Oct 7 Cricket (cricket, sport) Oct 6 Self portrait (revised) (computers, Gimp, self portraits) Oct 5 music. (computers, music) Oct 4 Reality. Sort of. (television) Oct 3 self portrait attempt #1 (computers, Gimp, self portraits) Oct 2 Old computers (computers, Mac, self portraits, ZX Spectrum, ZX81) Sep 29 a poem (Gerard Manley Hopkins, poetry) Sep 28 you gotta love open source (computers, internet, Mac) Sep 28 Brown vs. Blair, speechifyingly (news, politics, Tony Blair) Sep 26 Bad science reporting (journalism, media, science) Sep 25 Tennyson, Browning, populism, Victoriana (Kipling, poetry, Robert Browning, Tennyson, Thomas Hardy) Sep 22 Stubbs and Quinn (art, exhibitions, London, museums and galleries, Stubbs) Sep 20 cricket poetry (cricket, Kipling, poetry, sport, Tennyson) Sep 17 curly quotes (blogs) Sep 17 Mask of the Week (anthropology, art, masks, museums and galleries) Sep 15 ‘Forgotten Empire: the world of ancient Persia’ (art, exhibitions, London, museums and galleries, Persia) Sep 14 okonomiyaki (food and drink) Sep 14 One last Ashes post (cricket, sport) Sep 11 The Golden Ticket (cricket, sport) Sep 11 Aus 367 all out (cricket, sport) Sep 9 Bob Denver & Americana (cultural stuff, food and drink, news, television, USA) Sep 7 Boris (Boris, cats, mammals) Sep 6 New banners (Heraclitean Fire, internet) Sep 4 I’m back. (birds, books, cricket, food and drink, France, history, news, sport) Aug 26 Blog pause (Marie Lloyd, theatre) Aug 26 Come on, Freddie! (cricket, sport) Aug 26 14 line poems (blogs, poetry) Aug 24 Charlie sticks his oar in again (news, politics, royalty) Aug 23 hair and stuffing (hair, Jeremy Bentham, television) Aug 23 Moog dies (music, news) Aug 22 Nelsoniana (history) Aug 21 Intelligent Design (news, science) Aug 20 Football vs. cricket (cricket, football, sport) Aug 18 The New Sincerity (blogs, poetry) Aug 16 Radio Cymru (language, Wales) Aug 16 Slavery monument (history, news) Aug 16 Duck with cassis (food and drink) Aug 15 the Ashes (cricket, sport) Aug 15 I. F. O. C. E. (food and drink, sport) Aug 14 Old Trafford test day 4 (cricket, sport) Aug 13 Explaining Hamlet to the Tiv (anthropology, blogs, literature, Shakespeare, theatre) Aug 13 Why ‘Heraclitean Fire’? (Heraclitean Fire, poetry) Aug 13 Welcome to the new blog (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Aug 10 possible hiatus (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Aug 8 Rushdie on Islam (religion, terrorism) Aug 8 a manifesto (poetry) Aug 6 Edgbaston day three (cricket, sport) Aug 5 Edgbaston day two (cricket, sport) Aug 4 Lyric Poetry After Auschwitz (books, judging a book by its title, poetry) Aug 4 book links (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Aug 3 redesign (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Aug 1 the decadent West (politics, religion, terrorism) Jul 31 a cheerful thing (cricket, sport) Jul 29 new links list (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Jul 25 straws to clutch at (cricket, sport) Jul 23 eclecticism (poetry) Jul 23 Ashes day 3 (cricket, sport) Jul 22 Folk Archive (art, exhibitions) Jul 22 Ashes day 2 (cricket, sport) Jul 21 finally the Ashes start (cricket, sport) Jul 20 The Rik Files (blogs) Jul 19 the Ashes get closer (cricket, sport) Jul 18 ‘Islamic’ terrorists? (politics, religion, terrorism) Jul 17 countdown to the Ashes (cricket, sport) Jul 16 William Logan (poetry) Jul 15 food idioms (language) Jul 15 Liverpool vs. TNS (cricket, football, sport) Jul 10 an amusing thing (language) Jul 9 Dover’s Cotswold Olimpick Games (London, London 2012, sport) Jul 8 London bombs (news) Jul 8 London bombs (news) Jul 7 London bombs (news) Jul 6 NOTHING IS USED FOR TO RUN (London, London 2012, sport) Jul 4 Blake and Silliman (poetry, Walt Whitman, William Blake) Jul 2 George Szirtes (poetry) Jun 26 help me get a free ipod (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Jun 24 iced tea (food and drink) Jun 24 more middlebrow (cultural stuff) Jun 20 middlebrow again (cultural stuff) Jun 19 Australia lose again (cricket, sport) Jun 18 barbecue stuff (food and drink) Jun 18 Ron Silliman (poetry) Jun 16 played two, lost two. (cricket, sport) Jun 11 chicken and bean stew (food and drink) Jun 11 Egypt (diving, holidays) Jun 11 Egypt (birds, holidays) May 29 Woolf on Chaucer (again) (Chaucer, medieval, poetry, Virginia Woolf) May 26 Liverpool in Istanbul (football, sport) May 4 dreadful tories (politics) May 1 post-match analysis (napowrimo 2005) May 1 #30 – ‘Inspiration’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 30 #29 – ‘quelea’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 28 #27 – pseudo-ku (napowrimo 2005) Apr 27 #26 – ‘Poetry in Motion’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 25 #24 – ‘bathyscaphe’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 24 #23 – ‘Trafalgar’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 23 #22 – ‘Bibliomancy’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 21 #20 – no title (window) (napowrimo 2005) Apr 19 #19 – ‘double dactyl’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 14 #13 – ‘Jays’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 11 #11 – ‘thoughts’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 9 #8 – limerick (napowrimo 2005) Apr 8 #7 – no title (napowrimo 2005) Apr 5 #5 – ‘Crow’ (napowrimo 2005) Apr 4 candles (anthropology, birds, fish, quotes, USA) Apr 1 #1 – ‘House’ (napowrimo 2005) Mar 27 Sam Pepys’s diary today (food and drink) Mar 27 Cloud Atlas (books, novels) Mar 23 Turner Whistler Monet (art, exhibitions) Mar 19 grand slam for Wales? (rugby, sport) Mar 15 meatloaf (food and drink) Mar 13 ratafia ice-cream (food and drink) Mar 12 those ten poems (poetry) Feb 27 well done Wales (rugby, sport) Feb 21 crusty shepherd (food and drink) Feb 20 what am I looking for? (books, literary theory) Feb 10 my personal experience of theory (books, literary theory) Feb 9 gay penguins (birds) Feb 6 amaretto and ratafia (food and drink) Feb 1 kedgeree (food and drink) Jan 31 more foxes and ID (notebook) Jan 29 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2005 (2005, birds, RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch) Jan 26 duck cassoulet (food and drink) Jan 20 Beowulf as a chiefdom-based society (Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, medieval, poetry) Jan 14 foxy stuff, again (notebook) Jan 13 trees and stuff. (notebook) Jan 12 Orrm’s metre (poetry) Jan 12 fox space (notebook)
2004
Dec 6 linebreaks (poetry) Oct 29 Haida oral poetry – talk at RFH (Canada, Haida, oral poetry, poetry, Robert Bringhurst) Oct 22 testing something (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Oct 16 a cool game (internet) Oct 14 a faltering start (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Oct 11 spanakopita (food and drink) Oct 9 all about me (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel) Oct 8 Memorabilia (poetry, Robert Browning) Oct 3 The Darkling Thrush (birds, poetry, Thomas Hardy) Oct 3 Under construction (Heraclitean Fire, stormy petrel)