Valentines Love
Well thank the lord that is over. I am always one to celebrate and have a good reason to have fun, but I do find the whole commercialisasion of special days slightly over the top. There is such a social pressure to show your level of romance that it contradicts what romance is about - being impulsive and taken away on a feeling of love.
From first thing in the morning, all media chanels hit us with the fact it is Valentines Day - sharing best and worst stories - highlighting special things being done! It is prescibed and fake and I want it banned!
I do love many people and one person in particular, but I want them all to know that instinctively, rather than because I spend a fortune on food and flowers or even worse flights and fancy!
On a rather happier note, I am pleased that I now have 'confidentiality agreements' signed by all the main players in the newspaper world for covering our next book Good Morning Afghanistan. The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday and The Sun all see the value of it and we have everything crossed that they decide it is worth serialising.
The President of Afghanistan (who endorsed the book / wrote a foreword) was in London yesterday. I was tempted to try and find him to see if he would promote it in his rounds. Obviously Tony got there first, but he (like us) recognises that the region had been 'sorely neglected, under-funded and under prioritised in the five years since the fundametalist regime was toppled' and Mr Blair assured President Karzai that Britain would make sure 'the job is done'. Clearly this book shows why there is a need for understanding and action.
Emel magazine is apparently the Muslim media of choice in No10, and we (having already had Clare Shorts review of Prickly Pears of Palestine in it) have Good Morning Afghanistan in there to to nudge Tony so that next time he will actually make reference to it.
From first thing in the morning, all media chanels hit us with the fact it is Valentines Day - sharing best and worst stories - highlighting special things being done! It is prescibed and fake and I want it banned!
I do love many people and one person in particular, but I want them all to know that instinctively, rather than because I spend a fortune on food and flowers or even worse flights and fancy!
On a rather happier note, I am pleased that I now have 'confidentiality agreements' signed by all the main players in the newspaper world for covering our next book Good Morning Afghanistan. The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Mail on Sunday and The Sun all see the value of it and we have everything crossed that they decide it is worth serialising.
The President of Afghanistan (who endorsed the book / wrote a foreword) was in London yesterday. I was tempted to try and find him to see if he would promote it in his rounds. Obviously Tony got there first, but he (like us) recognises that the region had been 'sorely neglected, under-funded and under prioritised in the five years since the fundametalist regime was toppled' and Mr Blair assured President Karzai that Britain would make sure 'the job is done'. Clearly this book shows why there is a need for understanding and action.
Emel magazine is apparently the Muslim media of choice in No10, and we (having already had Clare Shorts review of Prickly Pears of Palestine in it) have Good Morning Afghanistan in there to to nudge Tony so that next time he will actually make reference to it.
posted by Dan Hiscocks at 10:46 AM
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