Archive for the ‘ Happy Sunday ’ Category

A special relationship

Sitting in the sofa, as I’m writing, to protect my legs from heat, my laptop is cushioned on the FT weekend magazine and FT life and Arts. And what a fine weekend FT it is! One of the many things I like about the FT weekend is its sometimes uncanny ability to explore exactly those [ READ MORE ]

“the specialised, metaphysical emptiness of Sunday mornings”

A quote from John Burnside's Waking Up in Toytown that the brownbookproject likes a lot. Happy Sunday[ READ MORE ]

Sunday edition of the brownbookproject

Welcome to the new weekend edition of the bbp. Every Sunday we will change to this lovely colour in celebration of the weekend and in particular, Sunday. What’s that you say? It now looks like the FT? Hmmm, I suppose there could be some sub-conscious thing working here, but any similarities are purely (intentional)coincidental, we [ READ MORE ]

Go East! Life is peaceful there

Having spent some three months in London’s East End, the bbp would like to share with you some snippets of wisdom about life in the hood. So here are some words of advice that we feel you may want to take on board for a happy visit to this wonderful part of town. 1. Bring [ READ MORE ]

The brownbookproject brings you the best…..

This week we would like to share a list of the best places in the world for some of the simple pleasures in life. Best bus ride: Mexico City pesero (ice cream, radio romatico, stops everywhere, nice people that pass on your ticket fare to the bus driver) Best taxi ride: Mexico city Best cappuccino: Torino [ READ MORE ]

Rowley Leigh battles The Times for Pancake Day honours.

Shrove Tuesday? How about Trans fat Tuesday?   It’s never too early to start considering Shrove Tuesday. A mere four weeks from now pancake mixture will be idiosyncratically prepared across the land, someone will stoically offer to have the first out of the pan, lemon juice producers will see a peak in sales, and many bellies will [ READ MORE ]

Happy New Year!

A little food for thought as we all contemplate (and hopefully celebrate) what we achieved/wanted to achieve/failed to achieve/wish we wouldn’t have failed to achieve in 2009 and make up our big plans for 2010 with a mixed feeling of nostalgia, hope, fear and determination: “Life is governed by will or intention. Life is a [ READ MORE ]

Let’s start the weekend…

Let’s start the weekend by listening to Terry Pratchett speaking on religion and science. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/video/2009/dec/19/terry-pratchett-religion[ READ MORE ]

Has Tyler Brûlé lost his touch (with reality)?

Happy Sunday! On this rainy Sunday, browsing through the FT weekend as I was finishing my bread with butter and honey, I read a column which is not only annoying but also an opportunity lost. Tyler Brûlé, the founding father of that fictitious creation which I like to refer to as the truobleless ‘jetsetter’, who [ READ MORE ]

Brownbookproject weekend: Art and beer in Brussels and Bruge and how you can win a Portobello book!

“I think that the best title for a picture is a poetic title.” René Magritte Magritte is quickly becoming an artist that the brownbookproject is keen to know more about.   Last weekend the bbp attended the Magritte exhibition in Brussels that chronicles the different stages of his life and work. The most I am able [ READ MORE ]

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