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Beneath the mountains

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Review of Alexandria: the Quest for the Lost City, by Edmund Richardson. — For The Spectator

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged Afghanistan, Alexander (‘the Great’), Alexander Burnes, army, Bagram, Bamiyan, Bengal, books, Buddhism, Charles Masson, China, Edmund Richardson, Harappa, India, Josiah Harlan, Kabul, Kharosthi, London, Macedonia, non-fiction, Pakistan, spies, the British Museum, the East India Company, the Great Game, the Hindu Kush, The Spectator, tigers, war, William Loveday | Comments (0)

NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, July 6, 2020

. Only six percent. of all paper produced is used for making books. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Monday, February 18 1907 . The Bombay Harmonium Company are neither from Bombay nor do they manufacture or stock harmoniums. Thor Heyerdahl was right. Only 38% of Netflix content is available outside the US. Penguins can shoot […]

Filed in Journalism, NEWS AT A GLANCE | Also tagged America, anthropology, Ayn Rand, books, Carlsberg, Denver, food, harmoniums, Hungary, literature, London, money, Nelson Evening Mail, Netflix, news, paper, Patrick Harrington, penguins, pigeons, Ringo Starr, satire, shit, tea, Thor Heyerdahl, Venezuela, Venice, yoga | Comments (0)