08.26.08
Posted in BookCrossing, Books at 8.59 am by Caitlin
I released this through BookCrossing at the Oxfam shop in West Hampstead on February 16, 2008. It was picked up by an anonymous finder who wrote this message:
Journal entry 3 by Anonymous Finder from n/a, n/a n/a on Monday, August 25, 2008
brilliant, what a good book. I didn`t want it to end but I still read it in about a week and a half (even though I had many things to do and am not the fastest reader). I recommend it to anyone who likes philosophy or has ever thought about society in a critical way, its complex and very relevant as well as being a beautifully written story full of human character and set in a deeply and thouroughly imagined futuristic world that is so reminiscient of ours and speaks of deep human meanings and purposes.
Beautiful, profound, easy to read, exciting… I don:t know what more to say except that I think its the first book that almost made me cry at the end not because it was sad or full of loss but because it felt so deep and meaningful…
CAUGHT IN LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
book rating: 10 out of 10
Read all journal entries on this book.
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08.19.08
Posted in Family & Friends, Travel at 6.18 pm by Caitlin
We’ve just got back from a weekend in Krakow, the old royal capital of Poland. We joined our friends Katrina and Dylan, who are living in Exeter for a year, for our first weekend away together in Europe.
Krakow is a beautiful city. The streets radiate out from a central square and are lined with coloured medieval and Renaissance buildings. There are dozens of beautiful churches and the Wawel palace, the seat of power for the old kings of Poland. I was particularly taken with the beautiful Leonardo Da Vinci painting of the Lady with the Ermine in the Czartoryski Museum – much nicer than the Mona Lisa in my opinion!
We stayed in an apartment just north of the train station and a short walk into town and had a pretty relaxed time of it, sightseeing and sampling Polish food (dumplings and gingerbread were key).
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08.18.08
Posted in Career, Society & Politics, Travel, Writing at 10.28 pm by Caitlin
The reason I went to Syria in July was to write an article about Iraqis crossing the border to have weddings in Syria, due to the unstable situation at home.
I was invited to the wedding of Sami and Hind (pictured) through a personal connection and I ended up staying with Hind’s family in an apartment in an Iraqi part of Damascus. It was quite an intense cultural experience!
They were happy for me to tell their story and the article was published in the Guardian last week. I had a three-page spread in G2 (the features lift-out).
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08.10.08
Posted in Life, Media & Internet, Theatre, Travel at 7.17 pm by Caitlin
It’s been a few months since my last blog post and to the two or three of you who are still reading my blog, I apologise. I’ve been extremely busy! Also, I now have a new computer and my log-in details were saved on my old computer so there was the added disincentive of having to retrieve them first.
Life is chugging along quite well. Here’s a quick round-up:
- I’ve had plenty of work. I went to Syria on a job, which I’ll tell you about more when the article comes out.
- We spent a weekend in Cornwall in June, hiking and art spotting around St Ives and then seeing the Raconteurs play at the Eden Project.
- We’ve been to see a few plays, including King Lear at Shakespeare’s Globe, Pygmalion at the Old Vic, Monkey: Journey to the West at the Royal Opera House, and Harper Regan at the National Theatre.
- We’re moving house in September, to a two-bedroom flat in the East End.
- I’ve been playing with Twitter – my user name is Niltiac if you want to follow me there.
I’ll try to write more soon.
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