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Monthly Archives March 2010

Weather forecast for UK

It’s going to rain, every day.

Posted 31 March 2010 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

Painting of a man with a fork in his eye

I found this painting on the floor of a pub last night. It is painted with exceptional realist detail and masterly technique, on an old piece of cardboard; it appears to depict a man with a fork in his eye.
I realised later that the artist might come back looking for the painting, so I think […]

Posted 17 March 2010 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °

Engulfed in India

On my second evening in India, I wandered around Bijapur in the dark. There was a small district of restaurants and barber shops that remained open after nightfall, but women became conspicuously absent. It was men-only space. There was also some kind of comic theatre going on, men-only in the audience, and it was very […]

Posted 15 March 2010 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (2) °

Moving to Mars

I was lucky enough to get an invitation for the premier of this documentary in Oxford earlier this week. This is the first time your intrepid reviewer will be reflecting on a film in its freshest possible form.
Moving to Mars follows a year in the lives of two families who move from a refugee camp […]

Posted 02 March 2010 † John Mansfield § Normal ‡ Comments (0) °