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Friday September 3rd: Golf and a Resumption of Mahjong (Mechanical Tables Permitting…)

September 7, 2010 David Hurley 3

Now that September is here, the summer mahjong recess is officially over and was marked by a sweltering day of golf at Hiroshima Golf Club and an eventful evening of mahjong at Kodama mahjong parlour… It’s been several months since I last handled a golf club, except for a few [Read more…]

Sunday 25th November: A Game of Three Penalties

December 3, 2007 David Hurley 0

Above: Disappointment as Jaime’s penalty is saved… Here’s a pic of Jaime taking the first of our three penalties during a fine game played in lovely autumnal weather on the grass pitch in the park near Hiroshima airport. As you can see, the shot was on target, but the other [Read more…]

Sunday 20th May: Victory for the Hiroshima Blues

May 27, 2007 David Hurley 4

DEH 4 v AC Telan 0: The DEH boys march on!Our new goal-scoring hero is third from right.(Photo: Jaime, 20/5/07) There was a time when The Poor Little Cypriot and most of the football team he played for, Inter-Milang, a team of English teachers, Peruvian labourers, and one or two [Read more…]

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Sunday 10th December: 10 Men… 9 Men… “B” Division… “C” Division…

December 11, 2006 David Hurley 2

I arrived at Yano station at about a quarter to ten this morning, half an hour behind schedule as I had missed the 9:03 from Hiroshima. Jaime was already at Yano when I got there and we took a taxi up to the football pitches a few miles into the [Read more…]

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  • Machiavelli And His Influence On Shakespeare This post is based on a lecture I gave to Sekkai O Miru Kai, Hiroshima, 2009. Who Was Machiavelli? Niccolo Machiavelli was born in Renaissance Florence on 3rd May 1469. The Renaissance was a time of renewed classical learning, of discovered continents and rediscovered manuscripts, progress in the arts and sciences, and the expansion of horizons literally ... 363 views | by David Hurley | posted on August 17, 2010
  • Shakespeare, The Tempest and the Masque Shakespeare, The Tempest and the Masque : Prospero's Insubstantial Pageant by David Hurley A Presentation for the Shakespeare & Modern Authors Society 県立広島大学 September 2016 In this presentation I will discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest and the masque culture of the Jacobean court which is reflected in the heart of the play. The Tempest, Shakespeare's last “romance,” may be described as a pastoral comedy ... 316 views | by David Hurley | posted on September 11, 2016
  • Tengu: Japan’s Long-Nosed Demon-God Tengu are mythical Japanese demon-gods (yokei) who live in remote forests and mountains of Japan. A typical Tengu has a red face with a long, somewhat obscene red nose. Tengu usually have bushy eyebrows and beards as well. The characters that make up the work Tengu mean “heaven” + “dog” which is derived from the Chinese ... 291 views | by David Hurley | posted on November 8, 2015

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