Where art thou Thimble?

The Thimble has, of late, been less than prolific. Tackling global poverty takes time - so it would have been nice if I had that as an excuse for my non-posting - but alas my absence is due to rather less noble reasons. I am just very lazy and lacking in inspiration.

'Very lazy and lacking in inspiration' - sounds like a commentary on David Davis.*

It is not like anything has happened while I've been away....the tragedy of the London bombings (no, it wasn't our fault), the unbridled joy of an Ashes victory (thank you Freddie at al) and the shock of Kate Moss taking drugs (zzzz....) to take just a few examples of blog-worthy events.

Arguably more momentous than any of these, though, was the launch of the Guardian in its Ich Bin Eine Berliner format. Indeed, as a homage to this ground-breaking innovation I have revised the format of this blog. It now comes in an easy-to-read on the tube format and can fit handily into your, erm, hand-bag. Watch out on Saturday too for the free dvd 'The Importance of Being Egregious' starring Madeline Bunting and Gary Younge.

Anyway, enough of this floatsam. This is just a wee message to say 'I am still here' and I shall be posting again soon. Thanks for your continued interest.

The Thimble

p.s. I went to France and took far too many pictures of harbours...see my photos at the flickr link below.

p.p.s. I've noticed the Guardian G2 columnists doing a "This week X is reading....an Ikea catalogue" so, following on in this vein, I am reading Albert Camus' The Rebel . Having read Paul Berman's Terror and Liberalism (see here and here) - which is definitely worth reading - I thought I would give Camus a try.

*For the uninitiated, David Davis is a Conserative MP, brought up in a council house don't you know, who is running for the leadership of a political party called the Conservative and Unionist Party. They used to be big in the 80s.