Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Shit and Death

TRAVEL

The two constants of life on an organic sheep farm.

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Smithson vs. Smithson

INTERVIEW

Simon Smithson speaks with Simon Smithson, about being Simon Smithson.

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A Brief and Occasionally Accurate Guide to Cricket

HUMOR

Englishman James D. Irwin dons a knitted jumper, pours a nice cup of tea, and tries to explain cricket as best he can.

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Judy and Rodent Get Married

HUMOR

Judy and Rodent overcome the odds.

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The Devil Went Down to Sheffield

ARTS & CULTURE

A musician considers his journey from obscurity to worldwide fame.

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From London to Salisbury

HUMOR

Lorries and rain at nightfall cause Judy to panic on her first trip to England.

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Charles Dickens, Meet Dinaw Mengestu, part II

3G1B REVIEWS

I greatly appreciated DM’s fine remark that you have to be in a relationship to understand that locations can become “haunted” (my word) with decisive emotional events that have taken place there. The writer is talking about the couple’s home. And aren’t there places in your own home, in my case one is the end of a cabinet in the dining room, where you will never forget what was said there? The atmosphere lingers, like a faint smoke or an odd feint of light.

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INTERVIEW: Stephen Moss, candidate for Oxford University’s Professor of Poetry

INTERVIEW

Judy Prince finds some of Stephen Moss’s poems amusing and poignant. Too bad she’s not qualified to vote for him.

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The Beginner’s Guide To England: Food

ESSAY

James D. Irwin on the traditions of traditional British cuisine.

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