... France, in these words: Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, Since I have enterèd into these wars. (1.2.131–32) Saint Martin&# ... our sweaters. But I'm straying from Shakespeare, whom I mean to talk about somehow. "Halcyon days," the notes further explain, are named after the halcyon, a bird thought by the ancients to make its nest on the sea around this season of ...

... I suddenly remembered --or realized really-- how beautiful and simple and pleasant the good old days were. They were the days where I got to be one of the students lazing in a desk rather than the one dancing ... Read a couple books, summarize them in 10 pages. My apologies, good old days. You were so kind to me, and I appreciated you so little. And now alas! you are lost forever! I raise my ...

Sad, bad news for the international community in Kabul last week: Five UN staff members were killed when their guest house was attacked in the early hours, plus three Afghan policeman and the attackers. Walking through safe London streets when I heard the news and for the first time since I’ve returned home, I wanted to be back in Kabul. A strange reaction I know, but it is easier to find out ...

A certain kind of customer strides up to me in the airport, hands me his grip and keeps right on without saying a word. I watch him walk towards the baggage belt, stop, pull out his cellphone, and begin fiddling. The attitude is pretty clear from the start - their chauffeur is only nominally a person, and more valuable as a combination hatstand, closet, porter, Sherpa, mule and driver. It can ...

Radware is attempting to squeeze revenue growth and profitability from its acquisition earlier this year of Nortel’s Alteon application-traffic management business. Interestingly, Radware bought the Alteon web-switching business from Nortel for approximately $18 million, with negotiations beginning before Nortel entered bankruptcy and concluding after the insolvent former telecommunications ...

Ben Kelly, the architect of the Hacienda, has released this stunning pair of limited edition prints (above) of the legendary Mancunian club. They are not photos, nor paintings but digital renderings from a full-scale digital model being produced to celebrate its 25th anniversary. £600 each, £1000 the pair (via the excellent Cerysmatic Factory)