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Turned out nice again

Friday, January 28, 2022

With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict imminent, two Brits – one Stanley-based and one in Buenos Aires – discuss that ‘hottest’ of all conversational potatoes… the weather. — For The Emigre

Filed in Journalism, podcast | Also tagged Argentina, bars, Buenos Aires, children, Covid-19, Dominic Hilton, Falkland Islands Radio Service, farming, free speech, hair, holidays, landmines, maps, marriage, quarantine, sheep, shipping, Stanley, The Emigre, the Falklands, vaccination, Virginia, walking, war, weather | Comments (0)

She’s a lumberjack – and she’s not OK

Friday, May 21, 2021

Review of Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard. — For Geographical

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged British Columbia, Canada, ecology, forestry, Geographical, mycorrhiza, non-fiction, Royal Geographical Society, Suzanne Simard | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Munira Mutaher

Sunday, October 4, 2020

The Sri Lankan photographer and documentarian talks about the greatest shot she never got… and one she did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Also tagged anthropology, army, Belipola, cameras, Colombo Design Market, family, Germany, GIZ, Harold Peiris Gallery. Goethe-Institut, holidays, Journalism, LTTE, Malaysia, men, Monash, Munira Mutaher, Olympus, Philippines, photography, Ranil Senanayake, Roar Media, Sarah Kabir, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), Switzerland, war, work, Yemen | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Shehan Obeysekara

Sunday, September 13, 2020

The Sri Lankan artist and photographer talks about the greatest shot he never got… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Also tagged advertising, art, Caravaggio, demons, fire, ghosts, Goethe-Institut, Harold Peiris Gallery, Instagram, Malaysia, myths, nature, painting, parents, photography, Shehan Obeysekara, Sinharaja, snakes, Sri Lanka, Sunday Times (SL), waterfalls, Zdzislaw Beksinski | Comments (0)

NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, August 17, 2020

. An architect named Firth was found at a Weymouth inquest to have shot himself in the side with a toy cannon while temporarily insane. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Tuesday, December 22 1908 . The SAS have killed some people in Afghanistan. The Veneziana pizza was invented in the 1970s by Pizza Express. In […]

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The One That Got Away – Prasanna Welangoda

Sunday, July 26, 2020

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

Filed in column, interview, Journalism | Also tagged Advancetown Lake, architecture, Australia, 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 | Comments (0)

The One That Got Away – Dominic Sansoni

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent photographer talks about the greatest photo that he never took… and one he did. — For the Sri Lankan Sunday Times

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, November 4, 2019

. The Government of India collects about £7,000,000 from the sale of opium. — The Nelson Evening Mail, Thursday, July 19 1906 . Jacob Zuma is the only black South African president never to lift the rugby world cup. At Morrisons, your opinion gets rewarded with a £500 voucher. Vegetarianism, which is based on false hypotheses and ideas, […]

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NEWS AT A GLANCE

Monday, October 28, 2019

. During one year a high police official in New York was offered £120,000 in bribes to “look the other way.” — The Nelson Evening Mail, Tuesday, June 22 1909 . The night is chilly to a man without clothes. You get a free tote bag if you subscribe to almost anything. Sussex folk have few superstitions. There […]

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Briefs from the field

Friday, October 11, 2019

RAIN MEN vs WHITE HUNTERS Sunday August 11th 2019 . ‘Remarkably few ‘keepers have become captains; and many of those who have have quickly given up the job.’ — Mike Brearley, The Art of Captaincy . On strict assurance that he was about to leave the country, the Chairman, Selectors, and Life Members/Platinum Donors Circle of […]

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