Monthly Archives: August 2013
BRENNANING: SECOND OPINION ON MUSIC I ONCE BOUGHT …
One of my reasons for starting a blog is to have somewhere to put the bits I want to keep when chucking out old files. This old column was first in a series which might be called Brennaning, because they … Continue reading
A Filofacts on … Travel
A FILOFACTS ON … TRAVEL Some of this is old material from the Filofacts vaults but updated from best travel sites lists in Times, 29.1.13 and Inde august 2013. Some work still to do. I might break it up into … Continue reading
Elmore’s Last Great Legacy
Now that Elmore Leonard’s death has reminded everyone how good he was, I hope to meet more people who have caught up with the last great work in his legacy – the tv series Justified, which got only passing mention … Continue reading
A Filofacts on … Travel (Cruising)
See http://tinyurl.com/nuvhnyb for Liz Bird on offbeat cruise opportunities, Teleg Travel, 3.8.13. Summary … The British Isles Trinity House’s working ship, THV Patricia, services navigational buoys and offshore lighthouses along the English and Welsh coasts. A huge crane on deck … Continue reading
A Filofacts on … Philosophers
Thanks to (the Rev.) Giles Fraser, Guardian 19.8.13, for his contribution to an upcoming Filofacts which will sum up as All You Need To Know About The Great Philosophers In A Couple Of Paragraphs Each … WITTGENSTEIN “Thinking is … Continue reading
A Filofacts on … semi-colons
A FILOFACTS ON … SEMICOLONS A set of letters in The Guardian, 5.4.2008, explained the functions of the semi-colon pretty well … The semicolon does not deserve such agonised and pretentious debate (G2, April 4): it is an entirely practical … Continue reading
A Filofacts on … Tins (of tomatoes)
More on Best Tins to come later, from my archives, but I am inspired to start this Filofacts series by Xanthe Clay’s Savvy Shopper column in Teleg. 17.8.13 … http://tinyurl.com/n6ael2s She was inspired to compare tinned tomatoes by Jack Monroe, … Continue reading
Give us some grey back …
A story from Germany, a few weeks ago, keeps coming back to me when I read yet another contribution, going nowhere, to the related debates about social security, unemployment and employment on low pay. It was about a mayor who … Continue reading
radio minidisk 1
RADIO MINIDISK 1 For a short while, minidisk looked like the future of home recording – all the advantage of tape, but much more easily editable. I still like it, especially for editing down vinyl. Then I can simply play … Continue reading
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