John & Diego

The Guardian obituary of John Barrow (written by Michael Rowan-Robinson) has finally appeared in today’s print edition*, alongside that of footballer Diego Maradona who passed away yesterday.
As a lifelong football fan I think John would have been amused by the coincidence, especially because John’s first book (co-written with Joe Silk) was called The Left Hand of Creation:
*I don’t usually buy foreign newspapers, but I managed to find a copy of today’s Grauniad in Maynooth.
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November 26, 2020 at 5:30 pm
It’s been available online for ages.
November 26, 2020 at 5:55 pm
Good job they didn’t transpose the pictures…
November 26, 2020 at 5:56 pm
It reminds me that John’s first book (with Joe Silk) was The Left Hand of Creation.
November 26, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Wasn’t the anthropic principle book about the hand of God?
November 28, 2020 at 3:27 pm
Why is Maradona’s shirt over his chest shining in the picture compared to the other Argentinian shirts visible? I do not believe it is an anointing…