In the DC area, for a couple of weeks of R&R; visiting old friends, sleeping late, doing nothing. But having failed to bring my own computer with me, I’m also deprived of essential tools, like my various solutions for EZ-blogging. Still, the old ways remain available. So I can reveal that I managed...

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Neddie is right about the speech Harold Pinter gave on accepting his Nobel prize for literature.

Six of the most distinguished Jesuits in the world were viciously murdered at the Central American University in San Salvador in 1989 by a battalion of the Alcatl regiment trained at Fort Benning,...

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Maybe I'm just being cynical, but a report from Newcastle University, which says that fishermen in the North Sea should play a "stewardship role" in managing the resource strikes me as just plain daft. For years, fishermen have been their own worst enemy, ably assisted by craven politicians and ev...

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Enfin, an evening that did not involve the complex dynamic of more than one person. Almost. Shared a ride down to the Jamaa el-Fna with a colleague at the training course, and we wandered contentedly through a minor part of the souks, away from the main square, seeking last minute presents. We supp...

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It was a totally wonderful meal. Delicious little salads, followed by a chicken couscous with caramelized onions and raisins that was a perfect meld of sweet and savoury. In a restaurant staffed entirely by women, apart from the old geezer on the door. And it laid me low.

Well, it may not have bee...

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