I’ve already listened once through to the BBC Radio 4 Podcast Series a history of the world in 100 objects. I love the series for it’s incompleteness, it’s bias and the lengths that Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, … Continue reading
I read lovely Jon Hickman’s post on Paradise Circus about how he ended up in Birmingham. It’s a lovely bit of writing. I like Jon. I like how he writes. I’d like him to write more but, you know, he’s … Continue reading
This is what we left out for Santa on Christmas Eve at my parents house. Milk (for Santa) with a jam tart. Bowl of water & a carrot for Comet the reindeer. It’s really lovely to be discharging my Uncley … Continue reading
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This weeny little note written on my phone can’t possibly bring together all the stuff I’m thankful for. As with every list I ever write it instantly becomes invalid as I think “No, but wait..!” It was absolutely right for … Continue reading
(I’m about to use a song by Coldplay to make a serious point but, stick with me and we’ll both pretend like it didn’t happen. ‘k? Good, here goes…)
I prepared for this blog post. I drew a mind map with “rites of passage” at the centre and spiraled off from there. I divided rites of passage up into four main sections- Marriage rituals, death rituals, social initiations and … Continue reading
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