Category: WB Column
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Bike Eulogy
Read more: Bike EulogyTo those of you who were born and bred in the land of Nether, I imagine that the bicycle appears as everyday an object as your kettle or thumb: a precious tool, but not one that inspires the poetry of the muses. However, to a humble Londoner like myself, (whose experiences of bikes before arriving…
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From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s Army
Read more: From the Books to the Social Justice Warriors: The Muggles of Dumbledore’s ArmyWe all know that there is something about books that changes you – perhaps only for a little while, when you are reading the book. In other cases the influence of a book, or several books, stretches much farther than “just” the appreciation for a story. Sometimes, books activate people to do great things –…
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It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small Scale
Read more: It’s Not the End of the World – The Sublime On a Small ScaleHow does one track down the sublime? It is not moldy lemons that I am referring to here (haha do you get it??) (sorry), but that feeling of your organs permeating through your skin, of your stomach turning into an abyss and swallowing the rest of you up whole. I remember a few years ago…
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Revolution in the Bed: In Defence of Sleep
Read more: Revolution in the Bed: In Defence of SleepMeet the white-crowned sparrow. Although it might look like any regular North American bird (albeit very cute and fluffy), the zonotrichia leucophrys has a distinguishing factor that sets it apart from our Dutch mus: its ability to stay awake for seven days during its migration. Over the past few years, various American universities and research…
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