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Diary: Singapore 1993

January 27, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I had lunch in Samy’s Curry Restaurant in Singapore on March 1st, 1993. I know because I found an old diary that records how I was entertained to a meal in the legendary curry house. A former boss decided to mark a work anniversary with a celebratory meal. He was a serious cheapskate at the best of times but his masterly choice of venue meant I had an unforgettable experience.

A ‘wet’ market I visited in Singapore 1993.
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: barings, burma, dining, gambling, gerry hanley, monty python, nick leeson, pandemic, photo, raffles, robert browning, singapore, travel

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April 5, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

Dateline 20 May 2017: Imagine being so sick that you need home visits by nurses. Imagine having a friend who one day takes you out to lunch where one of your carers happens to see you. Imagine being told that since you have a friend who can drive you to lunch, you no longer need home visits. Is this nationalised health care?

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Filed Under: ManRom2021 Tagged With: arthur holmes, booklink, f scott fitzgerald, geology, gerry hanley, health care, photos, walking

20 Lines

April 3, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

What thoughts and whose ideas have a value?

Lia bought 20 Lines a Day by Harry Mathews recently. Stendhal had commented that “20 lines a day, genius or not, was a good place to start”. I was deeply impressed by Scarlet and Black when I first read it perhaps 40 years ago. A conversation with Gerry Hanley in the bar of the Delgany Inn elucidated from him that Stendhal got him writing with those same words. I had only just finished reading Scarlet and Black and was quite surprised at the coincidence, his bringing Stendhal up over a pint, my knowing who he was talking about. But I didn’t write 20 lines a day. Maybe that was a good thing?

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Filed Under: ManRom2021 Tagged With: an whitehead, booklink, Covid-19, gerry hanley, harry mathews, judith butler, photos, popular, stendahl, tim harford

Look On The Bright Side

March 20, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

20 Mar 2020 – 10:36 GMT – 7°C Mostly Cloudy – Co. Dublin, Ireland

Always liked the idea of travel, the wonderment of it. Little intrigues in stories recounted by friends who had travelled widely. Not stories of cruise ships or ski chalets or student binges. I was more interested in stories of life in extremis.

Writer Gerry Hanley told me about the village elder missing the tip of his nose. Elder was shot through a thicket in the crossfire between Japanese and British troops in Burma. The thicket was big enough to have hidden an entire village. The elder was the only casualty despite none of the troops realising there were several hundred people between their muzzles.

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Filed Under: ManRom2021 Tagged With: alexander kielland, biafra, burma, cigarettes, dog, gerry hanley, monty python, patagonia, photo, travel

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