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2 06, 2023

Watership Down

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-06-02T04:19:48+00:00June 2nd, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

 Watership Down Watership Down burst on the world in 1972 .  It was like a bomb.  Almost no-one knew of Richard Adams and yet [...]

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26 05, 2023

Here and There – Egypt

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-26T04:14:07+00:00May 26th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

Here and There – Egypt For the average young and ethnocentric Englishman, few places sounded more exotic than Egypt.  This is the land of [...]

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19 05, 2023

The Empty Raincoat

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-19T04:46:31+00:00May 19th, 2023|Books, Education, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

The Empty Raincoat The Age of Unreason first appeared in bookshops in 1989.  The front cover illustration was of a frog with a placard [...]

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12 05, 2023

Here and There – Myanmar

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-12T04:37:57+00:00May 12th, 2023|Personal, Politics, Society|

Here and There – Myanmar I have been to several countries where I have not been able to speak the local language.  With smiles, [...]

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5 05, 2023

Wild Magic

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-05-05T06:32:58+00:00May 5th, 2023|Books, Personal, Society|

DD9 – Wild Magic I have never hidden my love of fantasy, especially in novels written for teenagers.  The adult ones tend to be [...]

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27 04, 2023

Here and There – Travelling Alone

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-27T04:48:22+00:00April 27th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

Here and There – Travelling Alone For most of the past sixty years, I have lived with a partner.  I first married when I [...]

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14 04, 2023

Here and There – Malaysia

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-14T03:55:37+00:00April 14th, 2023|Personal, Politics, Society|

Here and There – Malaysia What is it about Malaysia?  I’ve written about the country on previous occasions, but looking back over the many [...]

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7 04, 2023

The Mouse and His Child

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-04-07T04:39:55+00:00April 7th, 2023|Books, Personal, Philosophical, Society|

DD7 – The Mouse and His Child If you were a parent in the 1960s, as I was, books about Frances would almost certainly [...]

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31 03, 2023

Here and There – With Another

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-03-31T04:19:22+00:00March 31st, 2023|Books, Personal, Society|

Here and There – With Another At the beginning of 2023, the New York Magazine decided to publish an update – on good manners:  [...]

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24 03, 2023

Pride and Prejudice

trAAvDkWorDDp3928722023-03-24T04:15:38+00:00March 24th, 2023|Books, Good News, Personal, Society|

DD5 – Pride and Prejudice I know, it’s more than a little boring to keep rereading I’m a fan of Pride and Prejudice.  In [...]

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