Irreverent Ramblings

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of f...

This is taken from John Armstrong's In Search of Civilisation: "A human being is the only creature which can reflect upon its own e...

This quote is from a character in the classic novel Zorba the Greek: "I had fallen so low that if I had had to choose between falling i...

So the Oscars have been given out again, and most of the predicted favourites have won. Of the main contenders, I have seen The Social Netwo...

A friend posted this a link to this wonderful blog post on Facebook titled "Date a Girl Who Reads" . She also commented that if it...

The Accidental Asian | Eric Liu Eric Liu epitomizes the typical second generation American: the son of two Taiwanese immigrants (who met in ...

I've decided to amend my previous list to keep things along the lines of the '30' theme. The 30 selections I have made are a rat...

I had earlier created a list of fifty movies to see as part of a thirty before thirty list. After a conversation with my sister who is creat...

Richard Keys and Andy Gray should be asked to leave their jobs as commentators on Sky Football with immediate effect. There is just no two w...

In a vain attempt to reduce my already overflowing bookshelves (or rather to prevent further additions to them), I decided to begin taking n...