BY DAVID CAMPBELL (And has the scars to prove it) I love rugby. I loved playing it, and I love watching it now that my body has wisely retired from active service. My introduction to the game came during my final year at Carnegie Mellon University. A friend who played for a local club asked if I had ever played. I admitted I hadn’t—and, more … Continue reading An American Who Played Rugby
BY DAVID CAMPBELL The reputation of English food is, unfortunately, one of blandness—a calumny I believe stems from the soldiers who tasted it during the rationing of World War II and carried that impression back to their home countries. My own experience has been quite the opposite; I’ve found English food to be excellent and deeply satisfying. It all begins with breakfast. A full English … Continue reading An American’s Defence of English Food
BY STEWART SLATER It is a strange phenomenon in humanity that the same idea will often occur to different people at roughly the same time. Newton and Leibnitz invented calculus almost simultaneously. And spent decades arguing over who did so first. Similarly, the late 2000’s were a (actually, the) Golden Age of animated films about penguins. Film pairs follow the iron law of Highlander and … Continue reading The Meaning of Munich
