Wednesday 18 August 2010

Tony Judt





Tony Judt recently died. Here is a link to a splendid piece written by him, in the most adverse of conditions, about his radical days at King's College Cambridge






http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/aug/19/meritocrats/

Tuesday 10 August 2010

Dotage?


Clare Hewitt produced a splendid photographic project on assisted dying, euthanasia and such. As I am in favour of euthanasia, well voluntary euthanasia - well, we could discuss others - I was involved as a figure. I see that, fitting with the topic, I am made all the more woeful and aged than even I really am (I think).