Current Reading

What am I currently reading? A question a surprising number of people do care about, so here we go.

The Spanish Civil War by Antony Beevor (Buy this)

The Spanish Civil War cover

I’ve only just started to read this and I’m enjoying it so far. It is written in Beevor’s engaging style which, while it may not be favoured in some circles, is ideally pitched for the interested outsider.

Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn (Buy this)

Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece cover

A book on the making of the great “Kind of Blue”, recommended to me by my Dad. Thus far his recommendation is easily living up to the billing.

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About

Stephen Rushe lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland with his lovely wife Michèle. He spends much of his time writing code for web applications, both for himself and for Banjax Web Design, Belfast, and pondering his lack of design ability. He has a love for most things Apple but was embarrassed by the whooping and hollering at the Belfast Apple store opening.

Stephen also wonders how well writing in the third person works. He is not sure.

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