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New website with bibliographies of work in literary geographies, run by Sheila Hones and James Kneale.

A couple of people have asked how I make the audio recordings I have uploaded here. It’s actually a very low-tech and low-price setup. I make the recording on my iPad, with an app called Audio Memos. I think I … Continue reading →

Overheard at breakfast this morning: Waiter: Good morning Young woman: Good morning. (Then in Spanish – making a big assumption) Is the orange juice fresh? Waiter: (in English) no, it is not freshly squeezed. Young woman: Okay. Where are you … Continue reading →

Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for sending this – a visual response to my photo from yesterday. I wonder how many of these would fit in that over-sized box?

Gary Gutting has recently written a piece about the analytic/continental divide for The New York Times. Eric Schliesser has written a long response here; Graham Harman responds here; Plastic Bodies here.

A series of articles discussing the relation between climate change and war – in the Journal of Peace Research. Papers are open access until end of February 2012.

This is a more positive story from Nigeria. In July this year The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, invited readers to submit images as part of their photography competition which helps raise awareness about different areas of … Continue reading →

Some good advice here.

The talk at King’s College London seemed to go down quite well. Lunchtime talks can be a bit rushed but there was a really good turnout and some good questions. Nice lunch with some very good MA students afterwards. Thanks … Continue reading →