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  AFTERWORD   It has been fifteen years since I began writing  Waymarks . Fifteen years is a long time, but it has passed by very quic...

  Probably the highlight of my year was receiving my copy of Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds (MUP, 2024). This book is the culmin...

  I’ve found myself feeling a bit like Cameron Frye in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) this week. Watching my follower count on Bl...

Dr Ralph Jackson (1950-2024)   Very sadly my friend and former colleague at the British Museum, Ralph Jackson, passed away on 16 September 2...

  Aomori, at the northernmost end of Japan’s island of Honshu, is renowned for its annual ‘Nebuta Matsuri’ or Nebuta Festival. ‘Nebuta’ are ...