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From the Guardian today: “I try to stay in the moment,” Frank Rijkaard says quietly as he studies the thick cloud of smoke hanging over his head. “Whether the moment is one of joy or difficulty or just sitting here right now, in my office, talking to you, I always think it’s best to stay … Keep reading
The Guardian profile Kazuo Ishiguro today. Kazuo Ishiguro’s early career set a modern benchmark for precocious literary success. Born in 1954, in 1982 he won the Winifred Holtby award for the best expression of a sense of place, for his debut novel A Pale View of Hills . In 1983, he was included in the … Keep reading
After The Wasp Factory, which shouldn’t last much longer than this evening, I am going to have a crack at this: Some good Palimthoughts from the ever reliable Self here.
No comment required. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Sex hungry roaches lured to death Synthetic sex pheromones are being developed as an ingenious way of luring randy cockroaches to their deaths.
Smarties to come in hexagonal tubes? Whatever next? BBC NEWS | Business | Smarties set to lose their tube