Archive for November, 2018

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• In Siberia 16 August 2019
  In Siberia by Colin Thubron My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading The Lost Heart of Asia by the same author, I was looking forward to some new insights into Siberia, the eastern part of the Russian Federation, which is bigger than any country in the world apart from Russia itself. Thubron travelled across […]
• Tales from Dystopia XXIV: White opposition to Apartheid 12 August 2019
  Most of what I have written in this series has been about things I was personally involved in or knew about personally. This one is different, in that it happened when I was too young to participate, though i was aware of it. When I was about 8 years old just about every lamppost where […]
• The lost heart of Asia 9 August 2019
  The Lost Heart of Asia by Colin Thubron My rating: 4 of 5 stars A travel book with a slice of history. Colin Thubron travelled through these newly-independent countries almost immediately after they had left the USSR, and so he captures them at a unique time transition in their history. He records that moment when […]
• Studies show… Using racist instruments to determine racist attitudes 5 August 2019
  On social media sites like Facebook I quite often see posts that begin with phrases like “Studies show…” These are often contradictory — studies show that drinking any amount of alcohol will kill you, but drinking a glass of red wine a day will make you live longer. Studies show that children brought up without […]
• A book to give you an identity crisis, whether you need one or not 27 July 2019
  Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones My rating: 3 of 5 stars A very weird and rather disjointed book. It’s a bit like The Wizard of Oz to begin with. Ann Stavely goes for a walk in the woods and finds she isn’t in Kansas Hexwood Farm Estate, any more. There’s a wizard and a tin […]