More or less news more-or-less concerning Lord Salisbury, Quakers, and Chaldaean numerology. — For The Emigre
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Also tagged Africa, Americans, big mamas, cars, Chaldaea, China, death, gold, Guildenstern, lighthouses, Lord Salisbury, maps, March, mental health, natural resources, Nelson Evening Mail, news, numerology, Old Norse, Patrick Watts, Princeton, Quakers, Rosencrantz, satire, Siberia, soup, swearing, The Emigre, the Supreme Court, vitals
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… my diaries relate a (very positive) diplomatic incident from 15 years ago. — For The Emigre
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Also tagged Afghanistan, America, Basildon, Burundi, Canada, China, diplomacy, drink, finance, Gary Busey, Guinness, Ireland, London, Malaysia, marijuana, Myanmar, oaths, Queen Elizabeth II, Red Bull, Russia, Rwanda, school, Soho, Somaliland, South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, The Commonwealth of Nations, The Emigre, the Falklands, Zimbabwe
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Saturday, December 25, 2021
‘The Journal of Victor Emmanuel Smyth, made on a Voyage to Australia’ . Ever since I found a battered typescript in my parents’ house, about a decade back, at this time of year my thoughts quite often turn to Victor Emmanuel Smyth (1856-1947), the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather, who in 1875, set out on […]
Interview with members of the George Formby Society, as they attempt to break an online ukulele-playing record. — For The Critic
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Also tagged Alastair Cook, America, army, banjos, Batley, BBC, Bette Davis, bingo, Blackpool, Canada, Covid-19, cricket, Cyprus, dating, Ed Balls, Facebook, Falkland Islands Radio Service, France, Frank Skinner, friends, George Formby, German, Germany, grandmothers, Guinness, Gyles Brandreth, Harry HIll, Hawaii, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, jellyfish, lyrics, mental health, music, naturism, nuclear power, proletarians, Queen Elizabeth II, records, Royal Albert Hall, Russia, Simon Rose, smut, Swahili, The Critic, The Daily Telegraph, the George Formby Society, the Queen Mother, the RAF, Tottenham, ukuleles, Warrington Museum, Welsh, windows, WWII, Yorkshire, Zoom
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On South Africa’s historic 1995 Rugby World Cup win, its aftermath, and the sad death of James Terence Small . On Sunday morning, the first big international rugby fixture – All Blacks vs the Wallabies – was played since Covid halted the Six Nations back in early March. This will be followed by the other […]
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Also tagged Andre Joubert, Andrew Mehrtens, apartheid, Bledisloe Cup, Butch James, Chester Williams, Chris Hani, death, drugs, Ed Morrison, Eric Cantona, Francois Pienaar, James Small, Joel Stransky, Johannesburg, John Smit, Jonah Lomu, Jonny Wilkinson, Joost van der Westhuizen, Kent, Nelson Mandela, New Zealand, Os du Randt, parents, Paul Gascoigne, Robben Island, rugby, Rugby Championship, Rugby World Cup 1995, Sean Fitzpatrick, Six Nations, Siya Kolisi, South Africa, sport, Springboks, The Critic, Tom Hardy, TV
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
The fourth-generation Colombo photographers talk about the greatest shot they never got… and one they did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times
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Also tagged acting, art, Colombo, cooking, Danu Innasithamby, education, family, fashion, fish, fishing, Havelock, hotels, Jonathan Wijayaratne, Jonathans Studio, Miss Sri Lanka, Miss Universe, Mount Lavinia, New York, photography, Ryan Wijayaratne, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), swimwear, tattoos, the UK, video, work, You're My Favourite
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The Sri Lankan marketing manager and photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times
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Also tagged Advancetown Lake, architecture, Brisbane, cameras, Canon, fashion, fireworks, food, hiking, hotels, Kotaku, landscapes, MMA, Natural Bridge, Negombo, photography, PR, Prasanna Welangoda, Queensland, smoking, snakes, social media, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), the Ekka, the Gold Coast, trees
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The Sri Lankan sports photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times
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Also tagged advertising, Alex Hales, Bangladesh, Carlsberg, Chandrishan Perera, cricket, England, Hong Kong, India, Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, New Zealand, Percy Abeysekera, rugby, security, South Africa, sport, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), Thusith Wijedoru, Tillakaratne Dilshan, United Arab Emirates
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. One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Wednesday, August 29 1906 . Globalisation is going into reverse. The (great) auk became extinct because he forgot how to fly. Your underpants contain cellulose. In the medieval period, walking through a labyrinth or […]
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Also tagged Africa, aristocracy, auks, chemistry, clothing, crime, death, diamonds, Europe, fear, genealogy, globalisation, Greenland, Herodotus, history, hunting, Jeff Bezos, Jerusalem, keyboards, labyrinths, money, Nelson Evening Mail, poker, satire, the Bible, the Koran, walking
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Monday, November 26, 2018
(in loving memory of its former incarnation) . Colombo. The Galle and Pallakele matches lately over, the series lost, and the selectors falling back on Maitland Place in hopes of inspiration for the third and final test. The last of the erratic rains now gone, the water in the half-uncovered sewers stagnant, rank with garbage. […]
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Also tagged Bambalapitiya, Bata, bats, buses, chicken, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, cricket, crows, Dickens, dogs, Don Bradman, Eden Gardens, frangipani, Galle Pallakele, Greg Chappell, Havelock Town, hotels, Ian Botham, India, Lion lager, Lord's, Maitland Place, Mount Lavinia, Muttiah Muralitharan, Newlands, newspapers, parties, R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, school, Shane Warne, Slave Island, Sri Lanka, the British Council, the Chinese, The Cricket Club Café, the English, The Oldie, the West Indies, Wasim Akram
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