Author: PGR
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Keep calm and carry on: Shute (1957), On the Beach
“No imagination whatsoever,” remarked the scientist. “It’s the same with all you service people. ‘That can’t happen to me’.” He paused. “But it can. And it certainly will.” “I suppose I haven’t got any imagination,” said Peter thoughtfully. “It’s—it’s the end of the world. I’ve never had to imagine anything like that before.” p89 Shute…
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365 / ett år i Sverige
A year ago this evening, I rolled off an Øresund train at Malmö Triangeln station with a patient but frazzled Katie-Jane, and walked out into a light rain to get a lift from a friend to my new digs in Sweden. I’ve always been prone to noting the strange dual fluidity of time’s passage, particularly…
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21FEB21 / accessions
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20FEB21 / accessions