arup’s blog

You can feel the heat all the way through the book. Not only the heat, but the sweat and the dirt too. Even with sparse phrasing the arid landscape comes through in a very immediate fashion. Both a tragedy and a travel guide in one. A brief history of the more recent events in Afghanistan […]

This book is probably one of the most quotable books that I’ve read. It was recommended to me by a friend who said nothing about it except put it in amongst a pile that included a couple of Dostoevskys. Having read it I realise that he didn’t need to say anything.

A stage production of the of the Indian epic tale told through dance, or so we thought. My first time at Sadlers Wells theatre and I was expecting some magic really, knowing that they are famous for dance productions. But this was nothing like the kathak extravaganza that I was expecting.
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Calling all amateur musicians. You have to check out songfight. You’ll find it here
songfight.org
I used to be a bit more involved with the songfight community till about a year ago when I’ve got into the whole web design thing and music hasn’t had much of a look in. So how does it work?
There is a […]

When one is served a dish that is essentially a history of the English Language and its proliferation throughout the world, one would expect it to be a little dry and bland. But Bill Bryson manages to give it a flavour and texture that is quite unexpected. Using humour and some tasty anecdotes, he makes […]