I was thrilled that Chris Hoy won the sports personality of the year award last night, for lots of reasons. … More
Month: December 2008
The pattern of abundance
From a plaque at the entrance to Ford’s Highland Plant plant in Detroit, where in 1913 the first cars were … More
Mayakovsky and cleverness
A snippet on how the great revolutionary poet Mayakovsky dealt with post-revolutionary hecklers complaining that his work was too ‘clever’: … More