20 Years Ago Today…

…the Berlin Wall fell, and the bureaucrats in power became the capitalists in power. Stalinism was replaced by capitalism, political oppression became economic depression. An evil system took the place of a perverted one, like a fallen angel handing the keys to Satan. And we’re supposed to pretend that this …

Off to Berlin

We’re leaving tomorrow (or today, rather, if you’re into that sort of pedantry) to go visit my old friend Julian in Berlin, so no updates over the weekend. And now a random recommendation: Hugh Laurie’s novel The Gun Seller is absolutely brilliant. Some people insist on calling it a “spoof …