I wish more politicians would watch “The West Wing.” The recent election portrayed there showed the candidates, both of them relatively upstanding men (as politicians go) making every attempt to refrain from using negative campaigning. Of course, that eventually broke down, but the sentiment was there. This evening I saw the Labour Party’s first Party… Continue reading Party Political Broadcasts
Punctures
Last September, two days before I went to Tibet, I had a puncture on my bike. Unfortunately the timing meant that it had to wait until I came back from holiday (three weeks later) before it was repaired. Saturday, after coming back from a ride, I’m looking at the rear tyre and see a bit… Continue reading Punctures
John Simpson
A couple of weekends ago, I was shopping in Stanfords and bought a ticket for a talk at the Royal Geographical Society by John Simpson that was being advertised to raise funds for Prisoners of Conscience. I wasn’t sure what to expect, after all, you’d hope a reporter as experienced as he is would be… Continue reading John Simpson
Three years since the Iraq war began
Today’s news is reporting the protests that have been happening to mark three years since the war in Iraq began. This means it is also three years since I was in San Francisco and faced one of the more surreal moments of my life when I turned a corner to be confronted with a wall… Continue reading Three years since the Iraq war began
Misplaced humour.
Oops. Looks like I messed up. One of our partner organisations, with whom I’ve always thought I got on quite well, runs a network called XXX (name changed to protect the party involved). They are currently migrating to XXX2, and last October I noticed that the “xxx3.net” domain was free. For a bit of a… Continue reading Misplaced humour.
Let’s start again.
Just what the world needs, right? Another “blog.”