The Art of Rejection
For an academic, rejection is as common as wasps in summer. Initially a mortal slight, it quickly retires to a …
Category Archives: Frivolities & Miscellaeny
Real Politics
Some Tuesday cynicism:
The Procrastinator’s Tale
Posted by a friend in response to a status update on my shameless procrastination, this is eeriely accurate. I can’t …
Things to Make Happy Noises At
There are only so many ways one can argue for or against the motion that India is a democratic success …
The Troll Within
As bloggers we become hardened to trollisms: it is an inevitable by-product of the past-time. Yet when the trollism emanates …
Study at SOAS?
There are so many things to love about this ingenuous short: in 4 minutes it blasts the romanticism associated with …
Editing Skullduggery
Editing… …makes me feel like this:
Beirut Dabke
Smile, because this is possibly the most awesome thing you’ll watch today:
Best of the Rest: Why sectarianism is bad for women
Every so often a post emerges that needs no further comment; so perfect, apt and correct is it that to …
Bewitching Araby
Browsing in the library I struck upon Heart-Beguiling Araby: The English Romance with Arabia (I.B. Tauris, 1989) by Kathryn Tidrick. …
