It seems the only thing that can awaken - at least momentarily - this long slumbering blog from its stupor is the passing of one of the Gre...

If you stopped me on the street tomorrow and asked, "What's the proudest day of your life?" I wouldn't hesitate a seco...

Over the last decade or so, Qawwali in Pakistan has undergone many changes. The death of most of the leading Qawwals of the last century l...

I think I've stated this fact - actually it's an opinion, but I consider all my opinions to be incontrovertible facts - many times...

Stephen Fry once wrote about the works of PG Wodehouse, "You don't analyze such sunlit perfection, you bask in it". Well I...