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I arranged to meet with a friend to hear a lecture in the LSE titled "Beirut Normal" by architect and scholar Hashim Sarkis. Appro...

Yesterday in the Somerford grove clinic, a woman was trying to get an apointment for her baby. The clinic secretary was going through the re...

I have been researching Somali piracy for the last few days (as part of my paid work). As usual, my commissioners are keen to learn the numb...

The current global recession is manifested, we are told, by a collapse in "demand". That is to say: less products and services are...

The British Library is a good place to do lots of things. One if them is meeting crazy people. Encounter (1) I go up to the coffee machine. ...

Going South There was a food order waiting for me in South London, at the Food Co-op . I usually go there - when I go, every month or two -...