Long ago -- and I really can't say when or where -- I remember reading about a bank that had supposedly written the following letter to a woman (I remember it was a woman; I could easily be wrong) who had been running a large and unauthorized overdraft:

Dear Madam,

Could we please return to ou...

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Having somewhat grandiosely claimed a couple of weeks ago that I planned to be more mindful of my breadmaking, the time has surely come to report. Last seen, I had prepared a somewhat drier dough (60% hydration) and allowed it to rest overnight. Next day, I did the gentle stretch thing three times...

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I was going to post a link to this video of John Martyn at Cropredy when I heard the sad news, but the truth is, it doesn't do anyone justice.

So listen to the version John Martyn did with Levon Helm instead.

And as an aside, why does Bob Dylan's similarly-paced version¹ sound merely plod...

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Blog headlines (and posts) I wish I had written:

Participation of the poor in mainstreaming gender empowerment for civil society stakeholders to promote country ownership of good governance for community-driven sustainable development¹

Seminar bingo is, of course, nothing new; we played it...

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I am deeply grateful to Darwin College Cambridge for organising a wonderful set of Darwin Lectures in this the year of Darwin excess. I’m even more grateful that they recorded them in reasonably high quality and made them available over the intertubes. And not just available, but easily availa...

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