Sunday, 22 July 2007

All day, Jackie and I just concentrated on recharging our batteries. There’s another tough week ahead - but it wont be as tough as last week!

Latest reading (I know you're interested)

I finished reading a beautiful Folio Society edition of the Travels of Marco Polo; surely one of the most important books ever written? Then I ploughed through Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle. I had formed the impression that Darwin was a stiff Victorian academic. But in fact this book was written in the racier Georgian era: who thinks of Darwin riding with the Gauchos and learning to use a “lazo”? Of his vehement opposition to the slave tade? Of his sense of humour? Very enjoyable reading.