This evening once I finally got home from work I watched Tribe. I had read a Guardian article a couple of days ago about evil logging companies and the document was so sad that it made me cry. The lives of the Penan people in the Sarawak should be protected over of common humanity, but also because they teach us about ourselves and where we come ( Read more... )

I had to pull out of dinner and the theatre today as I have too much work to do before leaving tomorrow :(

Weeks are flying by at the moment and I can't belief how long it has been since I updated. For the past couple of weeks I was working on a book chapter that too way longer than expected and so I was keeping internet surfing to a minimum. Apart from work it has mostly been a good few weeks. The highlights were ( Read more... )

Last weekend was good. Thursday night we went for a few pints in Bangor with an old friend who back in Northern Ireland for a few weeks. We met up with him again on Friday when he came over to our house with a few girls and Keith and Sharon joined us. We all headed down to John Hewitt and the Spaniard then for a few drinks and then everyone came ( Read more... )

I just saw the list of restaurants that are doing cheap meals for the Food & Drink Festival. It's online at
http://www.gotobelfast.com/downloads/WA%20Food%2012pg.pdf

This s a bit of an overdue post from last weekend ( Read more... )

A lucrative, grisly market for grave robbers and murderers

A MEMBER of the Chao clan of Gelao village in Shaanxi province was paying her respects recently to a newly buried female relative. She noticed a wheat stalk stuck in the mound of earth with a ribbon tied to it. Alarmed, she alerted her relatives. At 11 o'clock that evening, they ambushed ( Read more... )

It's been a more quiet week. On Thursday night we watched the second Bourne film and then on Friday we went out for pizza and then went to see Bourne Ultimatum at the cinema. It was good - I never realised that a tea towel could be such a lethal weapon. I also had a long chat with Anna on Friday which was good to hear she is getting on OK down ( Read more... )

The past week has been pretty good. Lots of lunches and coffees which makes a change from the dullness of governance, although it means I have got less work done than usual. Thursday night was Conor and Rita's party. It was a really fun evening but Rich and I as usual drank loads of wine and were the last people to leave. We got home about 3am. ( Read more... )

I just got an email saying that my study for Nuremberg was selected for publication in an edited volume. I am pleased to have been chosen and have the possibility of another publication, but I'm a bit concerned that it is too close to my book, as I am not supposed to publish too much of the thesis before the book comes out ... I think I'm going to ( Read more... )