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• ↓ An Uncomplicated Man
• ↓ Seafaring
• ↓ Einstein’s Miracle Year
• ↓ M. John Harrison’s​ ‘The End of Everything’
• ↓ Ebola in DRC
• ↓ Modern British Cities
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"Christopher Nolan’s $250 million action movie version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem is an entertaining way to hide from the high temperatures for a few hours. Nolan’s trademark jumps and twists in the narrative structure are relatively easy to follow, and appropriate for The Odyssey, a narrative of tales nested in tales. My teenagers had a good time. Unlike some of..."

"As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of The Odyssey into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: ‘Tell me about a complicated man.’ But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script."

"In​ 2015, while I was researching a book on shipping, I travelled on the Corte Real from Malta to Jebel Ali. The other two passengers on board, sailing from Hamburg all the way to Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia, were German septuagenarian widows who preferred travelling by freighter to the ‘false sociality’ of cruise ships. They had brought good coffee, which they brewed at 10 a.m...."

"Seafaring is a bundle of contradictions. It is highly skilled labour, yet mostly invisible. Lower ratings of seafarers are housed together, six or eight to a claustrophobic cabin, yet they are chronically lonely. They may love the adventure of going to sea, but their everyday work is tedious and backbreaking. They pride themselves on their professionalism, and can’t wait to retire."

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An Uncomplicated Man

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M. John Harrison’s​ ‘The End of Everything’

Ebola in DRC

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