I write of the post box. I was considering my travel options during an emergency situation at Kent Station Cork this week and as I was pondering logistical issues, my attention was suddenly drawn to the study, green cylindrical post…
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Sir Terry Pratchett The club demonstrated mixed feelings about Guards, Guards. There was broader discussion around types of humour and its tremendous subjectivity. This resulted in a range of scores ranginf from 4-5 with one outlier…
A very fine post by Susan Schulten at Mapping the Nation inspired me to cite it and comment briefly. Mapping vice in San Francisco pulls a selection of maps from the fabulous David Rumsey collection that illustrate the rise of political…
by Scott Anderson Thankfully (and to make my life easier) there was a consistent message that the book was enjoyed and highly rated by all, receiving 7, 8, or 7-8 out of 10 from each reader. Some of the observations…
Place is important, but in a very fluid way. How can we capture this fluidity via quantitative non-cartographic visualisation?
by Jim Crace Thanks for the meet last week. The discussion was great and quite pleased to see a very strong appreciation for Crace’s work. The general approbation seemed to be for a story well told. The detail was well…
Over the past week there has been a flurry of discussion in Ireland over proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information Act here and has led to public reversal by the Minister responsible. Freedom of access public information is a…
Edited by Kevin Barry From Our Correspondent: Read through the latest (Town & Country) in an afternoon, but couldn’t really say I enjoyed it. Nearly didn’t even get past the Intro, which was the kind of hyperbolic, bombastic (half-baked?) twaddle…
by William Alexander From Our Correspondent: I really enjoyed this book. The structure of the quest with digressions on related history and evolution to current state seems to be one that attracts me. I would describe it as akin to…
by Adam Johnson Thank for another lovely outing – lovely sunshine and darker discussions about North Korea. (there are spoilers in this discussion so if you haven’t finished you may want to do so first). I wanted to quickly report…
by Anthony Beevor The general consensus regarding Stalingrad seems to have been largely summarised by Jim – thanks again for sending in your thoughts, your participation from a distance well appreciated. There was a mixture of appreciation from a general…
Dear O’Reilly Media: Please produce more of these lovely bite-sized, thought-provoking short report/monographs! Data for the Public Good by Alex Howard is a concise and hard-hitting 22 pages long. I saw it as 100% long as I read it on met eReader…