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Reading for understanding

A random selection of articles (mainly from the New Yorker, Atlantic, LRB and NYRB) that I have read and found of interest, or plan to…

Apr 16

Reading for understanding

Apr 16

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World affairs discussion group

New Caledonia — September 15, 1830 @ Milne’s Bar (downstairs), 35 Hanover Street, EH2 2PJ

Oct 24, 2023

World affairs discussion group

Oct 24, 2023

Nick R

Connecting to eduroam on OpenBSD 7.4

This procedure was successfully used to connect to eduroam at Edinburgh University using OpenBSD 7.4. 99% of the work was done at…

Feb 20

Connecting to eduroam on OpenBSD 7.4

Feb 20

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Film review: The Holdovers, dir Alexander Payne.

The Holdovers and The Zone of Interest are two exceptional films that, on the surface, have little if anything in common. One film depicts…

Feb 9

Film review: The Holdovers, dir Alexander Payne.

Feb 9

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Film review: Poor Things, dir Yorgos Lanthimos. 9/10

Poor Things is a technically dazzling film — visually opulent and beautifully shot. It seduces the viewer with its use of colour and…

Jan 21

Film review: Poor Things, dir Yorgos Lanthimos. 9/10

Jan 21

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Film review: Ferrari, dir Michael Mann. 7/10 and Godzilla Minus One, dir Takashi Yamazaki. 9/10

There was never any question of Ferrari lacking style. As if Enzo and his eponymous marque didn’t already ooze élan, Michael Mann is not a…

Jan 12

Film review: Ferrari, dir Michael Mann. 7/10 and Godzilla Minus One, dir Takashi Yamazaki. 9/10

Jan 12

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Film review: Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady, dir Martin Bourboulon.

I have fond childhood memories of watching Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, which recounted the story of Alexandre Dumas’s D’Artagnan…

Dec 22, 2023

Film review: Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady, dir Martin Bourboulon.

Dec 22, 2023

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Film review: Napoleon, dir Ridley Scott. 5/10

There is a scene in Napoleon, no more than ten seconds long, that made me think of two things. The scene in question, a masked ball at…

Nov 28, 2023

Film review: Napoleon, dir Ridley Scott. 5/10

Nov 28, 2023

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Why I don’t use WhatsApp (and don’t think you should either)

I’ll bet you use WhatsApp. I don’t — I’ll tell you why, and am going to challenge you to stop. Founded in 2009 and sold five years later…

Nov 24, 2023

Why I don’t use WhatsApp (and don’t think you should either)

Nov 24, 2023

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Film review: Anatomie d’une Chute, dir Justine Triet. 7/10

Anatomy of a Fall is utterly captivating in parts; I however found it mildly frustrating due to one major plot point that I had trouble…

Nov 21, 2023

Film review: Anatomie d’une Chute, dir Justine Triet. 7/10

Nov 21, 2023

Nick R

Nick R

Film, travel, reading, philosophy, languages, int'l relations, photography and technology (OpenBSD, Devuan, amateur radio). Running, rowing and Hatton boxing.

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