To read

By Timothy Bowes with 2 reader notes

There was an interesting piece on Radio 4′s Open Book yesterday on how a listener who had found it difficult to concentrate on reading since bereavement fifteen years ago could get back into the habit. There is an organisation based in Liverpool which aims to help people like this achieve this very goal and its [...]

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This article was posted on Friday, 26th February , 2010 at 7:50 am and is filed under Reflections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also add a note to this post, or trackback from your own website.

Consumption

By Timothy Bowes with one reader note

We have come along way from my daily consumption of iViews and BBC News Online ten years ago. Yes, because today my regular online reading list includes three particular websites consistently: Engadget, Smashing Magazine and PCPro. Gone are the days seeking the latest from the Middle East, South Asia, The War on Terror™ and Islamophobia [...]

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This article was posted on Thursday, 28th January , 2010 at 8:59 pm and is filed under Reflections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also add a note to this post, or trackback from your own website.

The Road to Mecca

By Timothy Bowes

My wife is reading Muhammad Asad’s The Road to Mecca just now and her enthusiastic comments on it over dinner each evening remind me of my own reading of it. This is one of my favourite books of all time and I recommend it to everyone. Do get a copy and read. There are six [...]

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This article was posted on Thursday, 15th June , 2006 at 8:37 am and is filed under Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also add a note to this post, or trackback from your own website.
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