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Things to ponder : 5 August 2011

Posted in NY-LON, Things to ponder, tagged , , , , , , on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As a Brit in New York it has been amusing to watch the firestorm kicked off by Matthew Engel’s piece in the BBC Magazine on Why do some Americanisms irritate people?. A fellow Brit in The New Yorker perfectly sums up the difference between the two cultures: What most of these (American) commentators fail to [...]

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Freedom Rides

Posted in What I'm reading, tagged , on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle, Half way ‘cross Alabam, And that ‘hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham.” Promised Land by Chuck Berry I still find it amazing that President Obama was elected when it was only 50 years today that the US saw the first Freedom [...]

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The empty seat at the dinner table

Posted in What I'm reading, tagged , , on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

President Obama announced the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden at 11:35 EDT last night: “It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory — hijacked planes cutting through [...]

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Things to ponder : 29 April 2011

Posted in Things to ponder, tagged , , on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Off course you couldn’t get away from the Royal Wedding today. As a typical Brit I am usually embarrassed at displays of flag waving and patriotism but I found myself wearing my England t-shirt to work in New York and watching the ceremony while eating breakfast. I can remember Princess Diana’s wedding while I was [...]

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Something in the soul cries out for freedom

Posted in What I'm watching, tagged , , , on February 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

There are very few times in your life when you know you are watching events that will change the world but today was one of those days. For those of us lucky enough to take our liberties for granted, you couldn’t help but have tears in yours eyes listening to people who tasted freedom for [...]

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Things to ponder: 14 January 2011

Posted in Things to ponder, What I'm reading, tagged , , on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“So sudden loss causes us to look backward -– but it also forces us to look forward; to reflect on the present and the future, on the manner in which we live our lives and nurture our relationships with those who are still with us. We may ask ourselves if we’ve shown enough kindness and [...]

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The Bridge by David Remnick

Posted in What I'm reading, tagged , , , on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I first became a fan of Barack Obama after reading The Audacity of Hope as he didn’t sound like a typical politician and this was confirmed when a friend bought me Dreams from My Father as a birthday present. So it is interesting to see some of the same ground covered by a third-party, rather [...]

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