Typhoon crackers and Filipino monkeys: the second part of my Slate series on five weeks at sea.
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At sea, part II
Posted on 30th November 2010
I've written a four-piece series for Slate on my five weeks at sea on Maersk Kendal. There's a slideshow to go with it, too. The ...
[21st November 2010]
A belated happy World Toilet Day for November 19. I didn't write anything because I was busy running around French DIY shops looking for plumbing supplies, appropriately. Though ...
[11th November 2010]
Here's the cover of the Swedish version of the book...
[10th November 2010]
The Big Necessity is now available in Swedish. Det Stora Behovet, published by Shibstedt, can be read about/purchased here. Just for the joy of posting something in ...
[10th November 2010]
The BBC's Today programme, fresh off its strike, travels to Bihar to talk to manual scavengers about scooping up higher-caste shit with their bare hands. Listen here.
[8th November 2010]
Way, way too late, I discover the fantastic home-made, appropriate technology solutions highlighted by Afrigadget. Including the Poop Piki Piki, a self-devised version of the Gulper, which ...