About every other day Google sends me news of Emmanuel Todd, news in French. Sometimes it is news of him talking on video, in French. I can just about order a croissant in a French shop, but that’s as far as my French goes. So, imagine my delight on learning about this video, of Emmanuel … Continue reading Emmanuel Todd talking in English (about how the Euro is doomed)
As I said in the previous post, my talk about digital photography at Christian Michel’s last night went well, in the sense of me feeling it went well, and it seeming to be well received. I occasionally put my sheets of paper down and extemporised upon some point I was making, but mostly, this was … Continue reading The text of my talk for Christian Michel last night on the impact of digital photography
Ever since I was reminded of those highly coloured buildings near Centre Point I have been meaning to check them out. Yesterday, as I had been intending to do for several days, having known for several days of the excellent weather that would prevail yesterday, I did this. Almost as striking as the buildings themselves … Continue reading Piano strikes the right note again
Further to what Alastair James said about the panoramic views of central London from Blythe Hill Fields, incoming from Rob Fisher: Seen this? It’s a gazillion megapixel panorama taken from BT tower. You can zoom in a lot. I think maybe yes, but it’s good to be reminded of such things. Plus, I learned something, … Continue reading Panoramic view of London from the top of the BT Tower
What causes the different peoples of the world to think and feel so differently about such things as religion and politics? Despite inventions like the telephone, high speed modern transport by rail and air, and now the latest such miracle in the form of the internet, people in different parts of the world still seem … Continue reading Emmanuel Todd (1): Anthropology explains ideology