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Ljubljana
Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran

Immune to cognitive dissonance
I thought the story that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle about “the Compact”–“About 50 teachers, engineers, executives and other professionals in the Bay Area have made
Cloakroom Communism
“Of course, before Eastern Europe can really take off a generation of workers with the communist mentality will have to die off.” This is a cliche that has been kicking around these parts
Point of order, chairman!
I may return to my increasing involuted reflections on the writings on David Foster Wallace at a later stage, but events, as they say, have intervened. The increasingly bizarre and sinister protests o
Is nothing sacred anymore?
“Even Satire must stay within the limits of civilized and decent behaviour” – Maurizio Gasparri in his capacity as Minister for Communications[1] “There was nothing to laugh ab
Benchmarking – a new religion?
Ireland, post-Celtic Tiger, is increasingly obsessed with competitivity, transparency,and best practices - in all sectors. Sue Norton sees benchmarking all around her, and wonders on the implications.
Voices Passive and Active
Those of us misfortunate or misguided enough to have dealings with Microsoft’s word processing programme will be aware of Bill Gates�s campaign against the passive voice. (I’ll leave asi
Seventeenth Century Dutch Art – Recording the Visual World
Dutch art from the seventeenth century is an illustration of life and culture and, taken as a distinct period, it is characterised by acute attention to detail of the physical world. Pictures record t
Capturing the Moment: Geoff Dyer in Interview
Over the course of three novels and eight non-fiction books, addressing subjects as diverse as jazz, D.H. Lawrence, World War One and John Berger, Geoff Dyer has quietly become one of the most interes
Bootleg Chomsky Meets the Big Societal Novel – Robert Newman talks about The Fountain at the Centre of the World
Robert Newman's third novel, The Fountain at the Center of the World, has been described variously as serious and intelligent, moral, and according to the Three Monkeys Online review “a res

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