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I have one of Sean's books beside me, 'Long Time Gone', the autobiography of David Crosby. It's funny - when he lent it to me it was to give me an idea of what a really good music biography could be like, one which stood out from the usual …

Last week I had the good fortune to have lunch with Andrew James, whose father, Ron James has written a number of books about climbing. At the age of 73 he's still outdoors, these days having hung up his karibiners and turned his attention …

I had a day off today. Well, kind of - it was one of those days where I actually got a lot of things done, largely because I'd told everyone I'd be taking it as a day off: my reason was that I had been invited to test out the new Eurostar …

Six weeks ago I started reading a number of books, possibly a bit ambitiously I kicked all four off at once. This is no more than checking in as I haven't yet finished them - but I am over half way. So far I have completed_ Richard Dawkins …

I was only in Mumbai for 3 days as I had to get back for a funeral (yesterday), which was a shame, but it was long enough to make a lasting impression. My first thoughts were very much from the perspective of a westernised rabbit finding …

I've been invited to India to give a presentation at a conference tomorrow, so I flew in 36 hours early to see what I could learn from the place. Having arrived yesterday lunchtime (it's now 7am the next morning), I thought I should make …