Ingredients
Methods of consumption
Greatest Hits…
...Although none of these were ever Number 1s in Azerbaijan, Japan or on college radio.
* On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country
* Why it's important for The Beatles to make their songs available digitally
* A visit to Peleliu, home of some fascinating WW2 relics and origin of the phrase 'thousand yard stare'
* Five ways to beat writer's block and get words going
* On Holbein and Shakespeare
* The 2011 BHAG, how I cycled 2,011 miles in 12 monthsFrom which department?
This is the past
Author Archives: Alex
London to Brighton update
Just a quick one: thanks to everyone who sponsored me on the ride. I and the rest of Team Dennis survived, making the ride in about 5 hours (4 hours 30 mins, cycling, one 30 minute break). Managed the Ditchling … Continue reading
May Cycling BHAG Update
I started May off with a cold which means that despite the good weather it’s almost a week into the month before I get going again. During the lay-off, I snagged a half-price Club Jersey from Rapha which given their … Continue reading
London to Brighton charity cycle ride, this weekend
Speaking of cycling – yes, I realise it’s pretty much all I do on here now – this weekend I will be pedalling 55 miles from London town down to the seaside in aid of the British Heart Foundation. I’ve … Continue reading
April Cycling BHAG Update
(Meet The BHAG) April has been close to perfect for the BHAG. It has luxuriated under sunny skies the whole month long and been satiated by many, many miles. The commute home has become slightly shorter and tougher, thanks to … Continue reading
March Cycling BHAG Update
(Meet The BHAG) Despite the fact this month’s mileage total was ten shy of February’s, it’s easily been the best month’s cycling so far, thanks to the arrival of Spring. At the start of March, that seemed a long way … Continue reading
We all romanticize our youth
INTERVIEWER What about Joseph Conrad? MITCHELL His story “Youth” has this beautiful passage about your first landfall in Asia and how it haunts you for the rest of your life—everything is downhill afterward. There’s something of that in the end … Continue reading
February Cycling BHAG Update
(Meet The BHAG) It’s starting to get warmer; I’ve discarded the winter cap from under the helmet and the big thick winter gloves are gone too. The winter riding gear I settled on in November - Rapha Merino underlayer, Berghaus t-shirt and … Continue reading
The 2011 Cycling BHAG
At work at the moment, we’re contemplating the BHAG (pronounced ‘bee hag.’) The BHAG isn’t an old crone. It is, perhaps, slightly monstrous. Certainly, it should provoke a small amount of fear, a smidgen, a brief, cold press up against … Continue reading
If I Was Yours
In honour of them wining the Grammy, and because this is the first V. day I’ve spent on my own for eight years. Though that isn’t as entirely sad as that sounds; it’s both absence and space. If I was scared … Continue reading
The best book I read last year was The Odyssey
2010 was often a rotten year, both in books and out of books. Not that I am blaming the books you understand. If anything, there was comfort to be taken from the fact the pages did not misunderstand me by … Continue reading
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