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Spring Lamb Bonanza!

Waiting for my flight across the Atlantic with some minutes to start summarizing the last few days of my “UK Nowtopia (Sublebrity) Tour”… After Bradford I went to Lancaster, where Dave Horton was waiting for me. We’d met ten years earlier, when he was a grad student and had been quite involved in starting Critical […]

Seven Cities in Seven Days!

Funny experience touring like this: I have about 24 hours in each city, and depending on whom I land with, there’s a tour, intense conversation, food and drink, a public Talk, more food and drink, a walk or ride in the morning, more intense talking, furthering new friendships and shared sensibilities… and then I’m gone! […]

Rolling Around Manchester; Climbing to Hebdenstall!

I visited Manchester as a tourist about two years ago. It’s nice to be reminded of what an incredible contrast it is to visit a place that way, versus coming in and being hosted by a local activist and having an event to contribute to the life of the city, and having the great pleasure […]