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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Things to ponder : 4 March 2011
Posted in Things to ponder, tagged AA Gill, Bangladesh, Clarence Jones, Dr Martin Luther King, Grameen Bank, Timothy Allen on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The funniest article I have read for a long time is Tour de Gall, AA Gill‘s review of Parisian restaurant L’Ami Louis in Vanity Fair. This is his description of the dining room before he even gets going on the food : It’s a long, dark corridor with luggage racks stretching the length of the [...]
The making of the dream
Posted in What I'm reading, tagged Dr Martin Luther King, I have a dream on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“As the suggestion took root, I watched Martin push aside the text of the speech I’d helped prepare – a text it bears noting, that did not contain the phrase ‘I have a dream’ “ Behind the Dream : The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation by Clarence B Jones As it is [...]
Things to ponder: 3 September 2010
Posted in Things to ponder, tagged Dr Martin Luther King, I have a dream, New Orleans, Things to ponder on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There were two important anniversaries during the past week: – Dr Martin Luther King Jr‘s “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28 1963. Although 47 years have passed, it seems just as important today to try to live up to his ideals: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up [...]
