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5 March 2013
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By Daniel Leon, Architect, Square Feet Architects, London
Thomas Heatherwick on Sunday night at Jewish Book Week filled the room with wonder. Wonder on the five projects he presented, and wonder on what he had up his sleeve for us all next. The introduction told us he was "only" 43.
27 February 2013
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If I’m being honest, when I decided to go to hear the Chief Rabbi at Jewish Book Week it was the speaker and not the festival that was the main pull. I have heard Lord Sacks on numerous occasions and he is, without doubt, an incredible religious leader and orator. In his talk - ‘Faith Without Fear’ - the audience was treated to a relaxed and seemingly unguarded, soon-to-be-ex Chief Rabbi.
22 February 2013
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I'm reading The Orientalist, by Tom Reiss. The book tells the true story of an exotic Caucasian Muslim nobleman-turned-author named Kurban Said, who wrote in Europe between the world wars.
18 February 2013
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BRENDA NAOMI HERZBERG:
11 February 2013
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I'm reading Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane. It takes us from the origin of life in hydrothermal vents, through DNA and photosynthesis, to consciousness and death. It shows how random and purposeless -- and ingenious -- biology has been.
8 February 2013
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40 Stories by Donald Barthelme - so many of the authors at last year's Cork International Short Story festival cited American writer Barthelme as an influence that I thought I'd better check him out.
