Loved 'The Buried
Giant', a very sweet and dreamlike story of an old couple very much in love in
the dark ages trying to find their son. 'Heretic Dawn' is the 3rd in the
Fortunes of France series which are gradually being translated into english.
Everyone compares them to Dumas, and they're full of swordplay, intrigue and
romance. Barry Cunliffe's book is a sweeping study of Eurasia and the interplay
between the european peninsula, the near east and China via the steppe. Great
to read the long view.
Right now, Tottenham
are favourites to win the league, something I've never experienced before.
We're spurs though, we'll find a way to blow it. It's Arsenal this weekend,
let's see how that goes. Even more astonishingly, the bloviating oaf Donald
Trump seems to have the republican presidential nomination sewn up. It's
genuinely bizarre - the more idiotic and offensive his announcements, the more
he goes up in the polls. He calls Mexicans rapists, he goes up in the polls.
The sheer amount of chutzpah it takes for a draft dodger to claim John McCain
isn’t a war hero is astounding. What’s more, how on earth is a privileged,
divorced, unchristian Manhattan resident appealing to conservatives? It's like
he's America's id, all knee jerk reaction, no filter.
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