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Wednesday 17 April, 2024
Posted on April 17, 2024 by jjn1 Manuel Castells, the first great scholar of cyberspace Quote of the Day “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will…
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John Naughton
Monday 15 April, 2024
Waiting for Hockney The queue for his 2012 Exhibition at the Royal Academy. Quote of the Day “Genius creates, and taste preserves” Alexander Pope…
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John Naughton
Friday 12 April, 2024
The Public House The OED says that “pub” is an abbreviation of ‘Public House’ or inn. This legendary institution has been around since 1754, so it was…
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John Naughton
Wednesday 10 April, 2024
The listening post Dishes in Cambridge’s Lord’s Bridge radio telescope system: listening to the universe. Quote of the Day “He would have been…
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John Naughton
Monday 8 April, 2024
Light, shade and all that rot Quote of the Day ”Musk’s management philosophy for Twitter hasn’t so much been a random walk as a grasshopper lepping…
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John Naughton
Friday 5 April, 2024
Anyone for truffles? Provence (where else?) Quote of the Day ”A toy car is a projection of a real car, made small enough for a child’s hand and…
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John Naughton
Wednesday 3 April, 2024
In the sticks… In the wilds of Donegal. What estate agents, those masters of euphemism, would call “a development opportunity”. Quote of the Day ”I…
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