Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 10 June 2016 Classic SciFi 5: William Gibson’s Art of Prophecy Introduction The articles Classic Scifi 4: William Gibson Neuromancer 1984 and The Art of Prophesy & William Gibson provide a necessary background. The articles to follow on Count Zero 1986 and Mona Lisa Overdrive 1988 will complete the series. I introduced the Guardian article by Ed …
The art of prophecy
Featured prophecy image: Tiger & Crow Mannequins, Shop Display Bangkok Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, Friday 13 May 2016 The art of prophecy & William Gibson Introduction I hadn’t intended to write this article about prophecy at all. Following Classic Scifi 4: William Gibson Neuromancer the next step was to analyse William Gibson’s prescience and his ability to prophesy elements …
Marie Kondo, Tidying
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 14 March 2016 Introduction Marie Kondo The life-changing magic of tidying 2014. 2016 might be my year for getting excited over weird books. The Big Twitch in January and Gut in February are good examples. I mentioned my normal views on self-help books in my discussion of Gut by Giulia Enders and how I lean towards Steve …
Giulia Enders, Gut
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 21 February 2016 Introduction Giulia Enders Gut: the inside story of our body’s most under-rated organ 2015. Enders honesty about herself in the beginning of her Foreward is astonishing and endearing. I was born by caesarean section, she says and goes on to say that she couldn’t breast feed and was lactose intolerant until the age …
What is History 3: The Medieval Mind
Featured image: The Medieval Mind, Bode Museum, Berlin 2014 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 1 February 2016 What is History? Can we comprehend the medieval mind? Introduction As in What is History 1 and What is History 2 about sleep patterns, we are looking at the difficulty in understanding history in a conventional sense. Later articles cover 4 Love, 5 EH …
J.B.S. Haldane The Origin of Life, 1929
Featured Image: Detail from the cover of My Friend Mr Leakey Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 18 December 2015 J.B.S. Haldane The Origin of Life, 1929 Introduction The fact about science, is that everyone who has made a serious contribution to it is aware, or very strongly suspects, that the world is not only queerer than anyone …
What is history 2: Sleep Patterns
Featured image: Good, shop in Bangkok Mall, 2011 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 14 December 2015 What is History? — Sleep patterns Preamble The next two articles are about how relatively ordinary people (like us?) lived in other times. It is a quirky question, but one I’ve often asked. And, I must admit I’ve rarely been satisfied …
What is History 1: Introduction
Featured image: Ishtar Gate Relief, Pergamon Museum, Berlin Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 December 2015 What is History? An Introduction A confession I am not a historian. I didn’t study it at school or university. But as with most things I am interested in history, particularly its process. I am also interested in the general rather than the specific. …
Paris Terror November 2015
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 19 November 2015 Ross Gittins and the Paris Terror Attacks Preamble After setting up BreadtagSagas in April and migrating it to a hosted site in May, this is post number 38. Learning WordPress and blogging was a huge learning curve and beginning writing posts also a major task, but I have to say …
Large dams 3: Oustees India
Feature photo: On the Godavari River, 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 10 October 2015 Oustees across India : The tragedy of displaced people Introduction This is the last of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. …
Large dams 2: Aswan High Dam
Featured photo: Satellite image: Insightdigital & Google, Aswan High Dam 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 21 September 2015 Case study: The Aswan High Dam and the Nile in Egypt Introduction This is the second of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes …
Large Dams 1: An introduction
Featured photo: Palmyra Sculpture Centre, boats Aral Sea Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 15 September 2015 Preface This is the first of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. Another related article is Rukmini Rao Woman …
The Last Days of Osama bin Laden 3: The killing
Featured Photo: Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer, 4.06 pm EST, 1 May 2011, Situation room for bin Laden raid Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 September 2015 Introduction The photograph of the inner cabal in the situation room for the bin Laden raid reminds me of the Ridley Scott film Body of Lies 2008 which has …
The last days of Osama bin Laden 2: 9/11
Featured photo: Tony 1995, Afghan, money exchange market, Peshawar Bazaar Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 9 August 2015 I want to begin by stating I have no expertise on these matters and am relying on the accounts and expertise of others. However, I do have an interest in the events and hopefully many others in the world do …
Rukmini Rao Woman of the Year 2014
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony 22 June 2015 Rukmini Rao has been my friend for a very long time. I have been travelling to India on and off for many years. Since 2004 I have worked with Rukmini and Gramya for up to two months each year as a volunteer.
