I flew into New York last week. From the air it still looked like winter, grayish brownish city stretching into the distance from JFK as we flew low over Long Island Sound to land. I took the arduous trip by subway, usually 2 hours to arrive at any Brooklyn address, and got to my daughter’s [...]
My trip to Glasgow was cancelled a few days before I was to go, and then miraculously came back to life thanks to a lovely posse of friends there. Denis, Tilly, Hannah, Jock, et al, are part of a community of friends occupying several flats in Glasgow. Their pal Katie saw my Talk in Bradford [...]
Waiting for my flight across the Atlantic with some minutes to start summarizing the last few days of my “UK Nowtopia (Sublebrity) Tour”… After Bradford I went to Lancaster, where Dave Horton was waiting for me. We’d met ten years earlier, when he was a grad student and had been quite involved in starting Critical [...]
Funny experience touring like this: I have about 24 hours in each city, and depending on whom I land with, there’s a tour, intense conversation, food and drink, a public Talk, more food and drink, a walk or ride in the morning, more intense talking, furthering new friendships and shared sensibilities… and then I’m gone! [...]
I visited Manchester as a tourist about two years ago. It’s nice to be reminded of what an incredible contrast it is to visit a place that way, versus coming in and being hosted by a local activist and having an event to contribute to the life of the city, and having the great pleasure [...]
