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Monthly Archives: November 2014
The cure for the Monday morning blues
Always works for me. And almost certainly the only pop song with cameos from Nietzsche, Goya, Cleopatra and Demosthenes.
Posted in Music
Tagged Chatterton, Cleopatra, Demosthenes., Goya, Nietzsche, Serge Gainsbourg
Boris Johnson, history man
Writing a biography of Churchill is the next step in his campaign to convince everyone he’s prime minister material. Richard Evans shakes his head: Anyone who has the time or energy to press a couple of keys on a computer to look … Continue reading
Posted in History, World War 2
Tagged Bertie Wooster, Boris Johnson, Richard Evans, Second World War, Winston Churchill
All in this together
Austerity politics for beginners. Chevy Chase channels George Osborne.
Posted in Comedy, UK politics
Tagged austerity, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Steve Martin
Stat of the day
More Apple & Android phones have now been sold than all the Japanese cameras ever made. From John Naughton’s reflections on the rise and rise of the smartphone. As he points out, even the tech experts didn’t see this coming: … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Android, Apple, John Naughton, Moore's Law, smartphones
