Category Archives: Cycling

Territoriality workshop day 2

Posted on September 17, 2010 by stuartelden

Four more very interesting papers today. I was particularly struck by the paper by Claudio Minca that situated Raffestin within debates in Italian geography. Although Raffestin is Swiss, he publishes in Italian (as well as French) and has played an … Continue reading →

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Nijmegen

Posted on September 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Arrived in Nijmegen. Now the rain has stopped I’ve had a chance to look around a little. There are two chapels that were part of a castle built by Frederick Barbarossa on the site of an earlier castle of Charlemagne … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Heidegger, Mièville, Cycle Maps and Badiou

Posted on July 27, 2010 by stuartelden

A new book on Heidegger, space and sculpture is coming out. Details here (thanks to Paul Ennis at Another Heidegger Blog for the tip). And I note that Being and Truth, a translation of the lectures from 1933 and 1934 … Continue reading →

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Tour de France 2010

Posted on July 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Alberto Contador won the Tour de France, after extending his lead in the time-trial on Saturday. Schleck was a very close second. Mark Cavendish won for a second year running on the Champs Elysses in the final stage, but didn’t … Continue reading →

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Cycling and Cricket

Posted on July 24, 2010 by stuartelden

The Tour de France has provided some real interest over the last couple of days. The struggle up Tourmalet between Contador and Schleck was great to watch, but they crossed the line with the same time, so Schleck is still 8 seconds behind with … Continue reading →

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Tour de France – some thoughts

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

Andy Schleck looked like he might have caught Alberto Contador today, making a break and Contador slow to follow… and then Schleck lost his chain, hesitated, stopped and struggled to get it back on. He lost about 40 seconds on … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on July 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Alberto Toscano’s Fanaticism book on The Guardian website (via Verso blog) Video of Quentin Meillassoux in action here (in French, via Graham Harman) I finished Wu Ming’s 54. Quite good and some nice moments. Think Eco or Pynchon … Continue reading →

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Cycle Superhighways

Posted on July 15, 2010 by stuartelden

Two of the projected twelve cycle superhighways in London are about to be opened. They officially start on the 19th July. They are quite wide compared to normal cycle lanes and run either on roads or alongside them, are painted a … Continue reading →

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Tour de France – into the Alps

Posted on July 13, 2010 by stuartelden

Looks like Armstrong, Wiggins and Evans are all out of contention for the overall winner in the Tour – but a great battle today between Contador and Andy Schleck… although there is a long way to go that seems to … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Zizek, Harvey, Tour de France

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can watch a video of Zizek on Newsnight here You can download the first chapter of David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Capital here Tour de France – Mark Cavendish won again!

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