Album Digest, August 2013
For reasons that will become apparent, there will be a short period soon where I will not be writing album digests. Until then, I’m …
The Truth About Work
Posters
In 2005, towards the end of the second year of my PhD I presented a poster at a conference in Dresden, Germany. My eccentric colleagues and …
Despicable Me 2: A Short Review
It’s so good that I paid to see it twice! There, that’s the review done.
Album Digest, July 2013
Another four albums for you this month. Sometimes the problem is not finding albums to listen to but actually finding time to listen to …
Neil Gaiman, The Ocean At The End Of The Lane
“The Ocean At The End Of The Lane” is the new novel by Neil Gaiman. I was so intrigued by it that I bought the hardcover, which …
Ideas for TV shows: Great Mathematicians
I want to see a TV show about great mathematicians of the past on a channel like BBC Four. Programmes about mathematics tend to be rather …
Ibrahim El-Salahi At Tate Modern
Ibrahim El-Salahi is a modernist artist from Sudan. I believe this exhibition is a first for an African artist at the Tate Modern. Much like …
Don Delillo, Point Omega
There were no mornings or afternoons. It was one seamless day, every day, until the sun began to arc and fade, mountains emerging from …
Michael Frayn, Skios
This week I read “Skios” by Michael Frayn (who was born in Mill Hill). It’s another book from now customary pile of books that tends to …
Album Digest, June 2013
Just two albums this month as I am still enjoying last month’s albums so much (and I spent loads of time getting reacquainted with …
Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor
Peter Ackroyd’s “Hawksmoor” was first published in 1985. I bought a recent reissue that forms part of Penguin’s …