Not too much to report from the dreaming spires - other than that it seems unlikely that there will be any paid work coming from that direction 
Or that the conference on 'Trust' that I suggested last year and that the MOMD seemed super keen on is likely to happen either
However, the conference itself was wonderful.
After dinner on the first evening I adjourned to the King's Arms with a blonde aussie woman 'just for a quick drink' where we ensconced ourselves in a sofa for a spot of people-watching and were eventually requested to leave at 12:45 when they wanted to close the pub - well so she says, I don't remember that bit, OR trying to unlock the gate to get back into the college 
And on the last evening I got into an intense conversation with a young Belgian nuclear physicist-turned-philosopher about the social construction of scientific knowledge and the nature of reality - my favourite chat-up line - and shared his brolly
He does seem very keen to scrutinise my publications (as I am his).
This was taken on the middle evening, when I shared a relatively restrained curry and bottle of Chilean white (a strange concept, but perfectly palatable, despite being white) with the aforesaid aussie blonde and the conference organiser (a very old friend), before returning to college and strolling round the quad in the moonlight for a while. Am planning to post a slightly 'enhanced' version of this on photographyblog, see what they make of it 
Posts archive for: 15 July, 2008
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Oooh, those Belgians ;-)
@ Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008 – 09:59:08
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Phil the fluter's mate
@ Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2008 – 09:27:48
My video on Youtube of the Karim Bagilli quintet, posted so that I could access it from here, has generated some interest. A comment appeared by someone who said he was at the concert, and although he thought Karim (the guitarist) was good, he was basically slagging off all the other musicians, especially the female singer.
Yesterday, I received a message from Karim himself
saying he had spoken to the person who posted it, they had apologised, and would I mind removing the comment.
I was so startled I sent a rather gushy reply saying how much I'd enjoyed the concert, and asking if he ever performs in the UK, because I would be very interested in seeing the band again. To which he responded that he doesn't often get over here, but will try to and will let me know.
Just goes to show you can't be too careful round here... you never know who might be listening
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