New coat Love this new coat from Mandatory.
Rising up
Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria, Pลneke.
(Street is pronounced โMarsh-banksโ and was named after Stewart Marjoribanks (1774 โ 1863), a wealthy wine merchant and โWhigโ M.P in the British House of Commons; who never visited New Zealand).
Finished reading: Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance by Bronwen Everill ๐
Good overview of the misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions that have blighted Western economic interventions in Africa.
Finished reading: The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong ๐
Heartbreaking yet strangely comforting. Connection and community across age, gender, race and surrounded by addiction and poverty.
Finished reading: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire ๐
A fun but thought provoking romp with an assortment of odd folk, wizards, fungus goblins, talking donkeys and basil plants, and plenty of murder. And all kinds of transitions.
Finished reading: The World After Gaza by Pankaj Mishra ๐
A challenging but ultimately somewhat nihilistic take on the atrocity of Gaza. Some important points but fails to see a way forward.