Roger Ebert, the celebrated Chicago Sun-Times film critic and general good egg, recently won a New Yorker caption competition after 107 attempts spread over many years. He wrote a nicely dry column for the Guardian about it, which in the Web version, omits the actual cartoons. Ebert’s quest to win a competition is also covered…
An interesting quandary in the otherwise very certain moral world of the followers of Harold Camping, was described in a wonderfully deadpan way in a recent Business Week article. The link is here , but I cover the part that particularly tickled me below. The followers of Harold Camping are of course the people who…
After half a lifetime of coming to France from the UK, I am still surprised how two countries 21 miles away at their closest point can be so profoundly different. As time has gone by I still find as many examples of differences as I do of homogenization. Jazzelerault 2011 is a classic case in…
In an earlier post I described why I had to move the technology base of mcaughtry.com. In this one I’ll cover what I moved it to and why. The reason for this short post is to save a bit of time and effort for anyone with similar problems (or just a desire to create a…
Young Harpist plunks away to charming and dramatic effect. One of the joys of the lunchtime concerts at St Martin’s in the Fields is their habit of showcasing young talent in combinations of programme and instruments you don’t often see. I am occasionally covering these concerts to remind myself of super artists and performances ,…
French choristers roar away to great effect. The French choir Choeurs au Diapason hail from Marseilles and are around 130 in number. Even in France the sight of 130 massed French people causes an Englishman concern. To see this number dressed in white (the women), or in full evening dress with white silk bow ties…
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