Here and There – Wales
Here and There – Wales My view of Wales is a tangle of images, of instant potato, graptolites, stunning scenery, rain and young women. [...]
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Here and There – Japan
Here and there – Japan I have always enjoyed my visits to Japan, and at the same time I have always felt an outsider, [...]
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07, 2022
Christopher Lasch
Christopher Lasch Rereading Christopher Lasch highlights my persistent dilemma: it seems the more I read, the less I learn. I’m not talking about fiction. [...]
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07, 2022
Here and There – South Korea
Here and There – South Korea Presenting talks can lead you to some unexpected places. In November 1996 I was in Seoul, taking part [...]
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07, 2022
Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin It’s easy to get impatient with Joel Kotkin as he hops from one collection of views about the future of society to [...]
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07, 2022
Here and There – Hong Kong
Here and There – Hong Kong History and location have conspired to ensure that Hong Kong keeps changing. For a long time, it was [...]
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06, 2022
Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs I often describe myself as a wanderer. I have lived in twenty homes, two with my parents in my childhood, and all [...]
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06, 2022
Here and There – Denmark
Here and There – Denmark Louisiana is quintessentially Danish. I know some people go on about the Mermaid on the Rock in Copenhagen Harbour, [...]
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06, 2022
Susan Isaacs
Susan Isaacs Some writers have the knack of opening a novel in such a way I can’t forget. One example is Jane Austen at [...]
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06, 2022
Here and There – Macau
Here and There – Macau How is it possible to go somewhere several times and yet see so little? Yes, that’s a rhetorical question: [...]