Consecutive errors

One of the unwritten rules of television football punditry is that the pundit shouldn’t say anything which might suggest that … More

The birth of the piano

In Clint Eastwood’s engaging documentary Piano Blues, he says, quite early on, that the piano wasn’t invented until the industrial … More

A line in a review of Henri Lefebvre‘s three volume “Critique of Everyday Life”: “Consumer society” is actually code, he … More

If you have seen my futures blog, the next wave, you may know that I am a fan of cycling … More

‘A man who had not seen Herr K. for a long time greeted him with the words: “You haven’t changed … More

A rhyme I saw in the Openluchtmuseum (opens in Dutch) in the Netherlands – originally from a paper mill in … More