Developing a tourist industry probably isn’t a high priority in the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan at the moment. IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) would probably put off even the most daring of GAP year students. But the idea might not be quite as daft as it sounds.
A few weeks ago, The New York Times reported on [...]
Coming home from your holidays can make you feel blue. Out of the deckchair and into the office is a dismal contrast. It’s helpful to have a treat waiting for you a few days after you get back. A little something to look forward to.
The week before last Autumn and I did the first week [...]
If you buy a copy of Geoff Dyer’s new book, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi you get a free copy of a second book. It’s not unusual to get good deals on books in the Amazon era, but it’s still welcome. In this case, the additional volume is not physical, but comes with reading [...]
Nowadays, American TV isn’t as bad as yesterday’s dad-rockers used to think. Back in 1979 Pink Floyd sang of the irritations of ‘13 channels of sh*t on the T.V. to choose from’, by ‘92 the number of channels had risen to 57, but there was still ‘nothin’ on’ according to the weighty authority of Bruce [...]
