Things I Love
Inspired by J.B. Priestley's Delight, I post about the things I love.
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London City Airport (opens the original)
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Readers ought, once again, to brace for train content.The Docklands Light Railway is a toy train that got notions and grew up. It runs, unmanned, on stilts across what was once the largest enclosed dock system in the world, then sets you down with a swoosh at a swish little terminal you can sashay across in the time it takes to say “Electronics out your bag. No, I said out. No, leave your belt on. Move along, Sir, move along.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn
Bright clear days in early Autumn (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedकाशांशुका विकचपद्ममनोज्ञवक्त्राText within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedkāśāṃśukā vikac
What is to be done with people who put onions in martinis? (opens the original)
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My old mucker James Marriott (of and who very kindly recommends this capricious blathering) reminded me today of my Sanskrit verse “translation” of Baddiel and Skinner’s Three Lions, the famous England World Cup song. You can read it here.We are now (finally!) getting back into martini weather and Sanskrit classes are about to restart, so I felt inspired to do something similar. These things take ages and require hours of nagging Naveen to check my work so I am just doing one verse.Here is the f
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