'The Silk Roads'
wasn't quite what I was expecting; I was hoping for a history of medieval
Central Asia, but it was actually a geopolitical history of the world
emphasising the role of the region as a key point. Very ambitious and readable,
but I was just after a narrative and was required to think. The Leopard has
passed me by; not sure I appreciated quite why it's considered one of the most
important works of literature in the 20th Century (maybe something was lost in
translation), but it made me smile in places and just want to visit the
never-changing Sicily all the more.
The latest Nuffield
study was devoured on a business trip to Germany. Very pessimistic reading of
course, and right now it's difficult to see how Labour will get back into power
for generations. Scotland is lost to the SNP, voters in the north don’t see the
Labour Party as representing them any more and are edging in enough quantity to
UKIP and in the south, 'Tory Lite' doesn’t convince when the real thing is
available. And now Corbyn is in power (whose policies I agree with and for whom
I voted), we're moving further and further away from being seen as a centrist
party capable of governing.
I'm calling Bibs'
first word; it's 'banana'. He's definitely saying 'nana' when I point at one,
and while Nana may claim he's saying 'Nana', it's 'banana' alright.
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