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“Is Ash [sic.] bereft of normal human feelings?”

First Post article on rising racial tensions in South Africa, following the murder of Eugène Terre’Blanche (in which it transpires that the present author is a vile racist for not mourning the death of… a vile racist).

Ethiopians attack BBC’s doom-laden coverage

Same footage, different story.  For The First Post.

Down and Out in Colombo and Bavaria

The glorious – and mostly true – story of Machan. — For theartsdesk.

Chemistry undergrad wins Nobel for daring hypothesis

Obama’s untimely Peace Prize. For The First Post.

Dr Ragab, I presume?

Long-standing desert date with Robert Twigger. For The Oxford Times.

Southampton docks to Brixton Beach

Interview with artist and novelist Roma Tearne. For The Oxford Times.

The Essentials

– for Excellence in Vocational Training for Performing, Production and Technical Careers. Big hoo-ha. Small pamphlet. For The Oxford Times.

Alphabetical Order (2)

Chatting to Michael Frayn and Jonathan Guy Lewis about Alphabetical Order. For The Oxford Times.

Barnaby Brown and the triple-pipe

One bulky Sardinian man is yelling and gesticulating at another Sardinian man. My few words of Italian notwithstanding, it is evident these men are not enquiring after each other’s health. The head-to-head has been raging for some 45 minutes, and the crowd has started to join in. I make a mental note of the nearest […]

A free album? I don’t buy it

Radiohead’s In Rainbows, considered. — For Stop Smiling