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  • American Airlines Boarding Procedures

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    REVIEW – AMERICAN AIRLINES BOARDING PROCEDURE I have the dubious distinction of being a frequent flier now. A distinction, because it means I get to fly to a lot of interesting places and see a lot of interesting people. Dubious, because it would be even better if I got to fly in business class instead…

  • The Stepford Wives

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    REVIEW – THE STEPFORD WIVES This movie was always going to be a little bit peculiar – Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick and Christopher Walken’s names rarely grace the same bill, let alone the same page. And while I wasn’t alive when the original movie was released, I’m pretty sure that you weren’t supposed to know…

  • Hike photos online

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    Photos of my hike on the Art Loeb trail in North Carolina are now online. Coming soon is a review of The Stepford Wives, a film I saw on the flight back home.

  • Mean Girls

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    Written on the flight from London to North Carolina REVIEW – MEAN GIRLS The title Mean Girls conjured up images of a thoroughly depressing drama involving troubled young women, no doubt set in a prison or something like that, when I first heard about it earlier this year. I knew this couldn’t be entirely true…

  • Shining Rock

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    I’ve just returned from a two day hike that wandered a scant few miles away from Cold Mountain (of book and movie fame). We arrived at the trailhead at about 4pm on Saturday, rather later than we’d intended, but made fine progress to camp at a place called Shining Rock. At Shining Rock itself, the…

  • Headphones

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    Some of my most prolific writing gets done in the air. Perhaps it’s because I have so much free time (at least until they install in-flight internet connections) – or perhaps it’s precisely the opposite; that I have plenty of work to do but can’t bring myself to start it on the plane. Either way,…

  • Fluxions

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    Once again, I’ve neglected my weblog for far too long and unfortunately for the next month or so I won’t be able to post much else either. Predictably, I’ve been very busy, but at least I can say something about it now. The big news is that I have decided to leave my PhD here…

  • The world sighs

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    Two conversations with intelligent American undergraduates I know: Them: So how far away is Wales then? Me: About two or three hours. Them: Will we get a passport stamp when we go? (pause) Me: Get a what? Them: A passport stamp. It’s a different country, right? Me: Well, yes, in a historical sense, but no…

  • The Invasion

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    The light in the sky is different these days, stronger and more persistent. Wind sweeps through the streets and the weather can change faster than a footstep, transforming the air from a muggy heat to a crisp freshness. The almost-transient population of Oxford undergraduates migrated away to warmer climes weeks ago, and now they have…

  • Oleanna

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    I made the impulse decision this morning to join a couple of friends to see Oleanna down in London. This particular production has been running for a while at the Garrick Theatre now and stars Julia Stiles (Ten Things I Hate About You, Mona Lisa Smile) and Aaron Eckhart (Possession, Paycheck), the former of whom…