January 2012
Alain de Botton: a life in writing →
youmightfindyourself:
‘The nirvana would be if the questions raised by Oprah Winfrey would be answered by the faculty at Harvard’
“My dad was a slightly stricter version of Richard Dawkins,” says Alain de Botton. “The worldview was that there are idiots out there who believe in Santa Claus and fairies and magic and elves and we’re not joining that nonsense.” In his new book, Religion for...
Asian Food Festival (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) →
200 metres from my home…that’s be the afternoon sorted then!
A new event for 2012 is the Asian Food Festival (Facebook event page), taking place on Nieuwmarkt on Sunday 29 January from 13:00. As well as being able to enjoy diverse flavours from all across Asia, you can also view special New Year celebrations, such as a contemporary dragon dance group from China, which will attempt to...
