Haje’s Brain

I did a lot of writing on Trinidad. I must have started at least 14 short stories. None of which I finished - some I abandoned after a couple of paragraphs, others after a few pages. But I’m writing again. (more…)

One of the great things about travelling is that you get to try other cuisines. So it should come as no surprise that if you are invited to a barbecue with a bunch of American expats in Trinidad, you are in for quite a treat. Or should it?
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Disco Pigs is an Irish film released in 2001. It is the story of Runt (Elaine Cassidy, The Others, The Bay of Love and Sorrows) and Pig (Cillian Murphy, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain), two kids who might as well have been siblings.
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Girlfight is a movie released in 2000. It was written and directed by Karyn Kusama. (more…)

This is an article about the lack of a gender neutral 3rd person singular (he / she) in the English language, if this is really a problem, and a couple of words about the measures that have been attempted to solve the “problem”
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Imagine, if you can, a film that is made in Hollywood, is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, released in 2004, and has the incredibly cheesy title of “Man on Fire”.

Imagine, if you will, that this same film only has one name on the billboards, and that is Denzel Washington. Furthermore, it tries to tempt you to watch it, by explaining that “bla bla bla super special assassin agent bla bla bla talked into working as a bodyguard bla bla girl he is supposed to protect kidnapped bla bla bla opens a can of whoop-ass”.
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Layer Cake is a film released in 2004. When a film markets itself with the tagline “By the people who brought you Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, you realise that you are about to receive a rather big serving of “gimme some more, jack”.
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The six degrees of separation theory, while most interesting as a theory, has several major flaws - at least in practicality.
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These are the songs I would put on a solar-powered MP3 player if I was going to be stranded on a deserted island with a could only bring one single song with an artist beginning with each letter of the alphabet. (also known as “a thorough introduction to Haje’s music taste as of 1 October 2004
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To what degree does journalism education benefit a career in print journalism looks at the way journalists are trained and how the various training schemes can help a journalist’s career.
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