A child’s eye view of occupation: Kadare’s impressive Chronicle in Stone Gjirokaster is an ancient stone city in southern Albania – not far from the Greek border. It was the birthplace and hometown of the wonderful Read More » 6th September 2010 3 Comments
Cultural Clones in/despite anage of choice While working on something else, I was glancing through some old notes I’d taken on various books, and retrieved this brilliantly incisive description of the Read More » 4th August 2010 No Comments
Yang Yongliang’s Artificial Wonderland Every now and then I come across something that takes my breath away. And recently, I’ve found this happen more and more with contemporary Chinese Read More » 27th July 2010 No Comments
20th Century A Czech protest song: the redemptive power of suffering Yesterday, I left Hungary having had a great time at the ELF in Eger. So encouraging – and quite apart from the excitements of seeing Read More » 28th May 2010 1 Comment