Category: Literature

Reading the Runes

It’s April 1940; I am 300 pages into Chips, Vol II, 1938 – 1943.

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Channon and Cowles

I have opened a present, received in September, sent by a friend in Oregon; sensibly he used the services of Venetia Vyvyan, across the river, not the pond, in Barnes but I wanted to save it for Christmas.

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JBS Haldane

If you read JBS Haldane’s entry in Wikipedia and you should, you will not read about the Spanish civil war.

Only Connect

I love a long train journey. My longest, so far, was Barons Court to Shanghai in 2013; starting on the Piccadilly Line in London and ending on the maglev train (268 mph) to Shanghai airport.

Oil Profit

“Quit your job. Trade in oil from home. Earn (sic) 9k a week trading in oil.”