Monday, March 30, 2020

Visual and other Links I Liked

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1. When enforced isolation makes internet text even more seductive, this article reminds us of the painting treasures which are now s...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Critical Masses, Emperors and freebies

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The last post ended with a question - picked up by my fellow-blogger Boffy whose reply (posted as a comment on my blog) deserves a spotlig...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Scepticism and “Moral Panic”

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Here in Romania we’re effectively under Martial Law – which, most immediately, means that we have to justify our every journey with a s...
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Musical Interlude

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Earlier in the week, I shared some of the new musicians of whom I became fond during my travels in Central Europe and Central Asia between...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

On Perspective

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1. The chart shows the trajectory of reported COVID19 cases - with the number of cases on one axis and the time taken to reach that poin...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Thought for the Day

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With almost everyone, everywhere, now confined to home, consumer demand is collapsing and central banks are throwing money desperately in...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Links which appealed in Ploiesti

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Another Monday! Doesn’t time go fast when you are enjoying yourself!  I start not so much with a link as a complaint…. 1. I was appall...

Music from my travels

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Romania has a superb classical radio station – Radio Muzical – with a hall for live performances which are/were broadcast simultaneously....