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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Rumble
That night, exactly forty years ago, I was too nervous – too frightened, really – to appreciate how well Muhammad Ali fought against George Foreman. Like lots of other Ali fans, I’d had a grim feeling that he was going … Continue reading
Posted in Sport
Tagged George Foreman, George Plimpton, Muhammad Ali, Rumble in the Jungle
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Genre
From a series on “romance novelists in Northern Nigeria” at the Lagos Photo Festival.
Lost peace
Hazrat Ali mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, November 2001. The photograph, by James Hill, accompanies Rory Stewart’s NYRB article on a new book detailing the failure of nation-building in Afghanistan.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Afghanistan, Mazar-i-Sharif, New York Review of Books, Rory Stewart
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Notebook
Early on, Bose had seen the potential of propaganda directed at British troops fighting with the British – particularly those who were now prisoners of war. With the propaganda literature being churned out by Trott’s department he hoped to bring … Continue reading
Posted in History, World War 2
Tagged Adam von Trott zu Solz, Hitler, Indian Legion, Subhas Chandra Bose, Tagore, Wehrmacht
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Alight
Spirit ceremony in the mountains of Sorte, west of Caracas. Photo: Federico Parra/AFP.
Facing Ebola in Liberia
“I tell them, “Don’t be afraid.’” An ambulance nurse goes about his daily work in Monrovia. An extraordinary, humbling video dispatch from The New York Times.
Them and us.
From the latest Private Eye.
Amazon – friend or foe?
Franklin Foer lays out the case for the prosecution in the New Republic: In confronting what to do about Amazon, first we have to realize our own complicity. We’ve all been seduced by the deep discounts, the monthly automatic diaper … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Money
Tagged Amazon, Franklin Foer, Matthew Yglesias, New Republic
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How long did it take for Americans to learn about the attack on Pearl Harbour? Terry Teachout reflects on a slower news cycle. Can you trust Emma Thompson to tell the truth about John Ruskin? “Effie Gray” is not quite what … Continue reading
Posted in Film, History, Journalism, Literature, UK politics
Tagged Effie Gray, John Ruskin, Nigel Farage, Pearl harbour, Terry Teachout, UKIP
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Listening to Johnny Cash, past & present
Fifty years on, one of his landmark albums gets a make-over.
Posted in Music
Tagged Emmylou Harris, Gilliann Welch, Johnny Cash, Kris kristofferson
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