Peleliu is a small island that forms part of the nation of Palau in the Pacific. It’s about five hours flying time south of Japan and three hours east of the Philippines. It’s now, like the rest of Palau, beautiful, peaceful and home to more shades of blue in the sea and sky than youContinue reading “Thousand Yard Stares: Ruins and Ghosts of the Battle of Peleliu, 1944, 2008”
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Where to get good coffee in London
Like most journalists, I am largely fueled by coffee – to the point that I do actually have my own cafetiere in my desk drawer at work – but getting a well made coffee in a cafe. is one of life’s great pleasures. Via the blog of Lantana, a lovely new cafe near our offices,Continue reading “Where to get good coffee in London”
On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country
The first in a doubtless intermittent series of posts about travelling. Late afternoon, and the sunlight is drawing triangles of light and shade on the courtyard with such precision it would make a maths teacher proud. From the corner of my eye I can see thick, unruly green leaves and white curls of jasmine fallingContinue reading “On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country”
1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read
The Guardian gave away a supplement called “1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read” today; I missed it, but they’re releasing it online. It appears to be separated out into broad subjects, and so far they’ve got ‘Love’ on the site. From 2006 – 2008 I read on average 24 novels a year; at that rate, itContinue reading “1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read”
Palau, it’s sort of like paradise
Palau. Well worth the 28 hours door to door to get here. SE London to London Bridge. London Bridge to Charing Cross. Charing Cross to Paddington (Bakerloo) Paddington to Heathrow (Heathrow Express) Heathrow to Tokyo Narita Narita to Haneda (Bus) Haneda to Koror, capital of Palau
Travel Writing
One thing I’m surprised I’ve not done more of this year is travel writing; this year I’ve been fortunate enough to go to places that, while within easy reach, are still somehow slightly out of reach, out of frame at the same time – Monaco, Syria, rural Ibiza, and in about two hours, Palau1 andContinue reading “Travel Writing”
Halfway through the year, and where are we up to
Well, it’s slightly more than halfway through the year, but part of me, deep down, still runs on a school calendar I think, and it’s the tail end of July, when all the exams are done and the holidays are up and running, that feels like the year’s mid-point. The Wired Jester has gotten aContinue reading “Halfway through the year, and where are we up to”
On the radio
A quick post: I was asked to be a guest on BBC Radio 5 Live last week – a really fun experience this time round (much better than last time,with the CPC podcast having made me feel more confident about speaking on air). If you fancy a listen, have a look at my work blog,Continue reading “On the radio”
The Wired Jester 2.0
Picture caption: The road to the future, yesterday. Lots of concrete and white light. No robots in sight. It’s been a while since there’s been a longer post on the Wired Jester, so I thought I’d drop one in, partly because I’m quite proud of the above shot at London Bridge and wanted to showContinue reading “The Wired Jester 2.0”
It’s finally here: the new CustomPC.co.uk
And I am so relieved. For the past 18 months or so, helping create a new website for Custom PC has been something of an obsession for me. I’ve talked endlessly about it on flights, in bars, in many, many meetings and bored the Jesteress to tears with all my ideas and frustrations. I’ve scribbledContinue reading “It’s finally here: the new CustomPC.co.uk”
