Writing tagged Notes
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Postwar by Tony Judt
Bits of the book that jumped out at me.
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They ate the money
John Lanchester on the feeling of people in Greece and elsewhere about the economic crisis.
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The undercover quanitifed self
A chunk of Hamish MacGibbon’s father’s life was recorded by the security services, and still readable fifty years later.
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Then behave yourselves
Stephen Sedley in the LRB comparing an intrusive media to a snooping state.
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Living lightly to cope with disaster
An article in the LRB about Japan’s historical response to disasters, and how it perhaps used to cope better.
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Ships, terrorists, red tape, persons
Notes from an article about the history of English law.
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‘Always Magic in the Air’ by Ken Emerson
A review and/or notes on this book about the music that came out of New York’s Brill Building in the 1950s and 60s.
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What I read on my holiday
Notes from holiday reading.
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Whoops! by John Lanchester
Notes on the book about the financial crash.
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Coins and Experiments
A pointer to some quotes from a couple of LRB articles that happen to mention Pepys.
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A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
A timeline of events mentioned in this lovely history book.
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The launch of bipolar disorder
How bipolar disorder was launched as an identifiable condition.
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‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ by Steven Johnson
My notes on the book.
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‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag
My notes on the book.
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A better afterlife
Two bits from reports about UK social attitudes, aspiration and inequality.
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Ignore the naming of objects
Is it better to know everything about a city, or the countryside, or is it better to rely only on your imagination?
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‘Cognitive Surplus’ by Clay Shirky
My notes from reading the book.
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Pirate economics
The pay differentials of 18th century pirates.
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30 tons of baggage
A description of a Victorian journey into Africa and the huge amount of resources required.
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A pint bottle full of HeLa
The story of Henrietta Lacks and her cells that went on to be used in medicine without her family knowing.
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Cool down, little girl
Some examples of little details that bring to live much larger issues.
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More than a million
Some bits from a review of a book about Henry Wellcome’s huge collection of objects.
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DIY Design
My notes from the St Bride Library conference 2010.
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A dispiriting blank side
How writers and an artist cope with the blank page.
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Stilt-walking ants
Some fun things about ants.