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November 12, 2013

‘The Deluge’, H. Sienkiewicz

As promised, I wished to write some more about ‘The Deluge’. I am quite a fan of the writings of Henryk Sienkiewicz, and I…

November 11, 2013

While I was planning to write of ‘The Deluge’ today, I think that has to wait for another day. The why is related to…

November 10, 2013

I know that there has been a small gap in my writings here, and they will probably be less frequent than the two months…

October 28, 2013

It is an odd coincidence that lately I have been able to remember my dreams far more than I used to. Coincidence I say…

September 30, 2013

In a similar line to my earlier post on Scotland, I have now returned (well, a week ago it was) from a good twelve…

June 16, 2013

I’ve just returned from a short visit to Scotland (Oban, Argyll), and I reached a point during the journey back when I thought: “I…

June 16, 2013

As I had started it, I had to finish the series. I am not entirely confident I enjoyed the third movie as much as…

June 15, 2013

‘Nova War’ is the second book in Mr Gibson’s Shoal series. The situation has developed from what we saw in ‘Stealing Light’ to a…

June 14, 2013

I recently finished Gary Gibson’s Shoal trilogy (or rather, series, for I hear there’s a fourth book around somewhere), and I enjoyed it very…

June 13, 2013

This here (translates as ‘Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan’) is a very famous propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution — or, at least, that…