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Old Trafford test day 4
England really have to win this. Both because it’s not good enough to draw the series, and because to be so much in control of the game and not win it would be a psychological boost to the Aussies. With Australia batting for a draw, Gillespie is clearly the danger man.
I was (slightly) sad not to see Warne get his century.
A hilarious exercise in comparative literature: Shakespeare in the Bush. via Copia.
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Rushdie on Islam
In the Washington Post, Salman Rushdie makes the case for a profound reform of Islam – which I don’t have a problem with. There’s a certain irony, though, in calling it an Islamic Reformation, since the Reformation was a time of biblical literalism and iconoclasm – the closest thing Britain ever had to the Taleban.
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England win by 2 (two) runs
2! I shouted so much when the last wicket fell that I strained my throat. One of the greatest sporting events I have ever seen. Brett Lee batted brilliantly to almost save it but, thankfully, it wasn’t quite enough.
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what to do with Auden
There’s been some talk about Auden around the blogs lately…
… triggered, as far as I know, by Ron Silliman describing a poem as “Absolutely normative narrative figuration