Until about a month ago I hadn't received a single spam call on my US number. Since then I've registered myself as a British voter residing abroad (which meant I shared my US contact info including my telephone number with gov.uk). Soon after I did this, my UK bank found out I had moved to Washington even though I hadn't told them. And since then I ( Read more... )

"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London.
No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;
for there is in London all that life can afford."~ Samuel Johnson in 1777 ( Read more... )

I'm in America. I've been here 3 weeks, and I'll be here for 9 more. The weather in Providence, RI is a lot warmer (and sunnier) than London - so far. I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I'm staying with my sister and future bro-in-law. I'm taking a couple of online courses from Harvard's continuing education school and a course to prepare for the GRE. The ( Read more... )

This is what I wrote on Facebook yesterday afternoon:

"Gutted about the result but congratulations to the Tories for an extraordinary victory. Did not see that coming at all. An absolute bloodbath in political terms for the opposition. A country divided unlike ever before. A broken electoral system. And an impending escalation to the austerity ( Read more... )

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I've just discovered the WRN Broadcast radio station. It should act as a good counterweight to the BBC World Service, which I've been listening to a lot more often than Radio 4 the past few months. I grew up on the World Service in Oman, and I listened to it while I was at uni in Canada, but I substituted it with Radio 4 and 5 live when I moved ( Read more... )

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I arrived back from my travels yesterday afternoon. And I thought I'd get started with a video that I've watched at least a few dozen times. It combines my favourite cricketer with my favourite sports commentator, both of whom provided me with the maximum satisfaction as a young Indian cricket fan. I was fourteen when these two innings were played ( Read more... )

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It's exactly ten years since I made my first LJ entry. 3,323 entries later, it's fair to say I've done justice to the original invite that got me started. Only four years ago I thought Twitter would replace this blog. In fact, the two have co-existed comfortably and perhaps, even thrived through their interaction. I have no idea how much longer ( Read more... )