Fifty years ago last Saturday, in the crowded and sweltering public room of a cheap hotel, with an ancient fan creaking and whirring overhead, I watched the televised moon landing. I was in downtown Tehran. The commentary was in Farsi. … Continue reading
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This blog is called A Few Kind Words because the word kindness originally meant being kin, or kindred, or of the same kind. And since we are all humankind, we should remember to be kinder to one another when we communicate. The alternative is to be unkind, to use language which fails to connect or even alienates. The choice isn't hard.Twitter Updates
- Just spotted this in The Grauniad. An ad for a senior in-house copywriter perhaps? https://t.co/CFyONd58FK 4 days ago
- @BBC_Saturday I’ve just been reminded that my first ever short story was published in the 12th Pan Book of Horror S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 weeks ago
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- RT @5coolthingsblog: I see an old client of mine from many years ago on Twitter. Full on Trumper. 'Trump is GREAT. Virus is bullshit.' This… 2 weeks ago
