Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

A movie about an unbelievable true story that I read about as a child: "Operation Mincemeat"

On listening to XTC for several days, but not to one song today

The Bandung Conference and the Sino-Indonesian Dual Nationality Treaty in 1955

"Why will you not speak?": Mourning in Denise Levertov and Denise Riley

My laconic, graceful friend answers the phone and speaks his mother tongue

Time zones are "not rooted in our nation's history" and should be banned