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Tag: London

June 18, 2007 Correspondence

Last Weeks in Londontown

The last few weeks in London have been pretty good.  I haven’t left the capital and I’ve enjoyed relaxing on the weekends, walking around

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March 23, 2007 Correspondence / Demosthenes

London – Throwaway Friends

Women tend to put aside their platonic male friends quite easily, I think.  We’re easily dispensed with, you see – a shoulder to cry

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February 13, 2007 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Breathtaking Mundanity

Life does not cease to be mundane when you live in a fab place any more than it ceases to be fabulous when you

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February 7, 2007 Correspondence

London – A Nigerian Nightmare

One of the more interesting aspects of some of the clubs I’ve frequented in London is the part of the night when the DJ

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February 5, 2007 Correspondence

Superbowl XLI at Battersea Evolution

“I think it’s safe to say that these people came here today to watch a game of FOOTBALL!!  FOOTBALL!!!”  The immortal words of John

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a Turbah or Mohr from Qom, Iran. It shows a prayer to Fatimah, daughter of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, and mother of the third Shi'a Imam, Husayn ibn Ali. It reads: "Ya Fatima al-Zahra" which translates as: "Oh, Fatima, the Splendid One"
December 31, 2006 Correspondence

London – What’s the stone for?

Eid mubarak. There’s a mosque about a block away from my flat here in north London so I decided to go there for Eid

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December 30, 2006 Correspondence

London – Good time busting

I’m not sure if it’s possible to have a good time on a cold, rainy, windy London night when you never actually get into

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December 14, 2006 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Punk

I think there´s more of a punk sensibility here in London than back in the States.  Not that Pgh isn´t devoid of alterna-life but

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December 7, 2006 Correspondence / Of cabbages and kings

London – Booking booking booking

It seems that most international travel originating in the US or Europe is intended primarily for going to… the US or the rest of

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