DON PEDRO Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. Much Ado About Nothing, II.i
I reviewed <em>Father Nandru and the Wolves</em> at Wilton’s Music Hall for Everything Theatre. Wilton’s has surrounded Father Nandru and the Wolves with enticing tidbits: before the show you can grab a bit of ZakuskiLondon’s Romanian-inspired finger foods, and afterwards there is live music in the bar by gypsy bands. On the night I was … Continue reading
New Books in Anthropology Network podcast interview Astrid Countee of the New Books in Anthropology Network recently interviewed me about Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity. We had a great conversation so please go check it out on the New Books in Anthropology Network. Continue reading
Yesterday I went to David McCandless’s talk “Knowledge is Beautiful” at the British Library. It’s part of a series of events in conjunction with the Beautiful Science exhibition and I felt lucky to have snaffled up a last-minute spare ticket as the talk was sold out. If you work in data and you aren’t already … Continue reading
I recently found myself lamenting the lack of ethnography in my professional life with a new acquaintance. Don’t get me wrong: my job stretches me in other ways. But many of the things I was trained for during my PhD aren’t called for in my day job. Not explicitly, anyway, though I would argue that … Continue reading
I recently found myself lamenting the lack of ethnography in my professional life with a new acquaintance. Don’t get me wrong: my job stretches me in other ways. But many of the things I was trained for during my PhD aren’t called for in my day job. Not explicitly, anyway, though I would argue that … Continue reading
I celebrated International Women’s Day by attending a women in technology one-day conference hosted by WomenTechmakers and Google in London. WomenTechmakers and Google partnered to host events all over the world, including one in London. I had some fantastic conversations throughout the day. One of my favourite parts was finding myself suddenly thrown into the … Continue reading
The folks at Everything Theatre let me review Blue Remembered Hills at the New Diorama Theatre for them: To me, Blue Remembered Hills really is like Dennis Potter took Lord of the Flies, added a couple of girls and relocated it to Dorset. We may not be on a tropical island, but there’s the same … Continue reading
In a bid to improve my understanding of the boxes of plastic I work with every day, I’ve started taking an online computer science course through EdX (Harvard’s CS50–you too can share the fun!) Part of this involves programming homework in a language called C. Every geek’s reaction, when I tell them this, is basically … Continue reading
In a bid to improve my understanding of the boxes of plastic I work with every day, I’ve started taking an online computer science course through EdX (Harvard’s CS50–you too can share the fun!) Part of this involves programming homework in a language called C. Every geek’s reaction, when I tell them this, is basically … Continue reading
If you’ve been missing–nay, pining for–your occasional doses of the Caitiewrites blog, it’s because I’ve migrated everything over to my new blog, In a Merry Hour. Everything, that is, except my followers. The fantastic folks at WordPress have done this now (thanks guys!) so if you ever signed up to follow posts on Caitiewrites, you … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 