Books
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Trainspotting (1993, 1996): A Tale of Two Tastes
In the landscape of cultural adaptation, few works demonstrate the metamorphosis of medium as starkly as Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and Danny Boyle’s cinematic interpretation. Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting was one of the 90s’ defining works of cinema: fresh, exhilarating, narcissistic and… Continue reading
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A Podcast Appearance: Learnings and Reflections
Spoken word is a deceptively tricky tool to express argument and thought within. Writing, in many senses, is easy. You control the pace at which you type, and can continually return to refine what you like and don’t like. Writing… Continue reading
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Kitchen Confidential: A Portrait of Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain remains a truly compelling figure. Kitchen Confidential chronicles his voyage through the tumultuous, bloody, murky, and electric waters of the culinary world—as well as human nature. It is the story of an extraordinarily storied life: culinary school, bouts… Continue reading
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Podcasts I love, and a pledge to write daily
Podcasts are an extraordinary medium. In listening to interesting people talk to interesting people, we are given privileged access to private conversations teeming with compelling ideas. There are some qualifiers to this, however. In line with this, how do I… Continue reading
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The Bookshelf in September: Ultra-Violence, Ultra-Unprocessed Food, and Rational Spirituality
Welcome back, dear friends, to what is now the fourth edition of The Bookshelf. I had somehow not saved the original completed draft of this month’s review and lost it. Scraping the outer echelons of belatedness, I almost couldn’t find… Continue reading
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August on The Book Shelf: Vietnam-tastic and more Mitchell
Greetings, one and all. Another month has arrived, and thus another tour through my reading list is in order. Foremost and first I would like to apologise for this post’s delay. Having arrived back from a trip to Vietnam with… Continue reading
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The Bookshelf in July: Climate Optimism and Soviet Woes
True to my pledge to do so every month, it is with great delight that I share with you my thoughts on the books I have read throughout July. I wholly enjoyed and admired the three books accounted for here,… Continue reading
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Introducing: The Bookshelf
There’s a quote I love by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “I don’t remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so they have made me.” Whilst I often take refuge in this phrase when… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 