Hello. It's been a while but just one more expedition to tell you about. A week in Marrakech at New Year. Marrakech is mystical, murderous, hectic and full of soul. Lasting memories are the crystal sky, the rich red buildings, beams of light and the jedi taxi drivers. See for yourself... the photos are there.
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What I've read
Anton La Guardia: Holy Land Unholy War
The Israeli Palestinian conflict - in progress- Jonathan Safran Foer: The Unabridged Pocket Book of Lightening
More sweet sad stories about families David Sedaris: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Witty stories of family life. Simple but cleverArthur Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha
Exquisite story. Can't believe its written by a manLinh Dinh: Night, Again
Enlightening contemporary short stories from VietnamSteve Jones: Y: The Descent of Men
An evaluation of the biology of maleness - hard going, too much sitting on the fence and talk about sperm and circumcisionGraham Greene: The Quiet American
A journalist in 1950s Vietnam. Very atmospheric and intriguing.Daniel Goleman: Emotional Intelligence
A summary of our emotional and rational parts of the brain. Very interesting if you can get beyond the neuroscience lingo.Rose Tremain: The Colour
Beautifully written story of the Gold Rush in New Zealand - really enjoyed thisElliot Perlman: Seven Types of Ambiguity
A story of psychiatry and literature written from seven perspectives - very exciting
Thursday, 19 January 2006
What I've watched
- The Constant Gardener (Mereilles)
Beautiful and thrilling account of corruption in government and pharmaceutical companies in Kenya from City of God director. Loved it. - The Beach (Danny Boyle)
I had to watch it. I was there. But it was worse than I remembered. - Must Love Dogs
John Cusack you should know better - The Wedding Crashers
Mindless and mildly amusing... the perfect plane movie - Little Fish (Rowan Woods)
Film about trying to escape the past. Heroin addiction, lost hope, deception, death. A real barrel of laughs. - Stealth (Cohen)
Yes, Ernest is in it. But don't blink. Its not as bad as the critics say.... - Sin City (Rodriguez)
Beautiful looking, horrifically graphic comic book movie - don't watch it on a plane like I did. - Mr and Mrs Smith
On the plane - terrible, terrible, terrible, don't watch it. - The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan)
What happens after the fact - tragic and tortured, but a good watch. - Dutch Masters Exhibition at NGV
Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals et al. Stunning display of dutch artists - mind blowing technique.
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