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Meat in popular music, part two; The Lady In Red (Is Dancing With Meat)

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All Change

I’ve been watching the British election results roll in from my office, and on the whole it’s been a pretty depressing day. The only chinks of gold in the heap of shit are the greens finally winning in Brighton, even … Continue reading

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Mayday

My various workplaces gave me three days off for the holiday, so my father-in-law-to-be-or-whatever-I-count-him-as invited us to spend the weekend in Tongzhou. As usual we spent a day in the spa next-door – a giant, square faux-roman building which offers … Continue reading

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Hubei

A couple of weeks ago I went with V down to Hubei to “register”. It’s a bit like getting married, except the wedding itself won’t be for a few years, so best think of it as an engagement. Things didn’t … Continue reading

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Applied Linguistics As A Foreign Language – English Education in China

This is an article I wrote for the BCALS Newsletter. If you are not an applied linguist your mileage may vary. To an outsider the more practical theories of SLA may seem obscure and parochial, but their influence lives on in a … Continue reading

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Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog Podcast #024 – Year Of The Tiger

I’ve put a new mix up for the Year Of The Tiger, you can find it here – http://lastnightadjkilledmydog.libsyn.com/ I think it’s quite good. The tracks are: 1. My Bloody Valentine – Tiger In My Tank 2. Empire Of The Sun … Continue reading

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Come to China

I invited quite a few people to come and visit me in China this year. If I didn’t invite you then I probably just forgot. It may seem a little daunting at first, but it’s really not as difficult or … Continue reading

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My MA Dissertation – The full, unexpurgated version

In the interests of posting everything I do on a single blog, here’s something which will be unreadable for most people; my MA dissertation, finished a month-and-a-half ago, and now handed in, marked and returned (I passed, by the way). … Continue reading

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V away. Made dinner. Doesn’t look very nice.

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Beard Disguises

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