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• Aug 21, 2003

  London Flash Mob 2

  (For the confused, a brief intro to the concept of flash mobs can be found at flashmobs.co.uk.)

• Jun 11, 2003

  Saving Capitalism from the capitalists – the future of Trade Unions?

  Last night I attened the Vice-Chancellor’s Annual Lecture at City University (invited by virtue of having been, once-upon-a-time, the President of the Students’ Union there). The speaker was another ex-Sabbatical Officer, albeit one from an older generation than me, Brendan Barber – the recently elected General Secretary of the TUC.

• Apr 12, 2003

  Mary Stewart on Myrrdin Emrys

  I first read Mary Stewart’s Merlin trilogy (The Crystal Cave (1970), The Hollow Hills (1973) and The Last Enchantment (1979)) about fifteen years ago. I’m glad to say that I enjoyed them just as much the second time around as I remember from the first.