- Who’s Afraid of Greater Luxembourg? – NYTimes.com
Not many people, I suspect.
- The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring | Carne Ross | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- How “breaking news” has been broken.
The Internet dunnit.
- Pioneer Anomaly Solved! – The Planetary Society Blog
Interesting account of retrieving ancient (1970s/80s) spacecraft data.
- Why is the “missionary position” called that?
With a note on “retrocopulate”.
- On Point: The Proust of Pencil Sharpeners
Please can I have this book for my birthday?
- The Re-Match: Hull 3, Scunthorpe 0
Christopher Priest on the Clarke shortlist, again
- Why random selection of MPs may be best
Headline slightly oversells interesting conclusion.
- Truth or Consequences
Long but fascinating: the truth about GW Bush’s National Guard service.
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Very much looking forward to keeping us informed, Nick.
My grass roots experience over here supports your analysis absolutely. The main gripes always coming up in conversations around kitchen tables involve complaints regarding such as an imbalance in tax levies (eg motorway tolls in Catalonia compared with Andalucia) and yes; the absolute insistence that a ‘full immersion’ of kids in Catalan language at school is the only way to preserve the Catalan culture and identity. ‘Españolización’ is the dirty word.
Hmmmm, I might even read the essays!
Good to catch up the other day —and Happy Easter!