In a country that has proved almost impossible for any one entity to control for nearly two decades, even the simple element of rain can change the dynamics of battle.
"The goods were not covered at all," she says, "exposing [them] directly to the elements of weather – seawater, rain and direct sunlight – resulting in the spoilage.
I elected to press on regardless, but the fact that the Booker prize committee seem to have positioned him in the same place on their own list doesn't mitigate the error (and I note with horror that they have Peter Ho Davies filed under "H"!), not least because the significance of names and problems of cultural confusion are such important elements in The Gift Of Rain.
Soap reliefs created with consumer materials such as hair extensions, cigarette ash, Forever 21 jeans, and Smirnoff Ice hang side-by-side on an old brick wall exposed to the elements, allowing for the possibility of rain to lather them and juxtaposing the idea of sterilisation with that of chaotic, dirty consumption.
Soap reliefs created with consumer materials such as hair extensions, cigarette ash, Forever 21 jeans, and Smirnoff Ice hang side-by-side on an old brick wall exposed to the elements, allowing for the possibility of rain to lather them and juxtaposing the idea of sterilization with that of chaotic, dirty consumption.
The stage is encased in ramrods of rain, the Irish element, lit by white spotlights.
And he was constantly negotiating the elements: blistering heat, fierce winds and rare torrents of rain or snow.
"Tree planting would represent an extra element that helps to slow down the arrival of rain water to vulnerable locations".
Beauregard was concerned that the sounds of marching and the Confederate soldiers test-firing their rifles after two days of rain had cost them the element of surprise.
Curtains of rain and howling gales are a traditional element of the Ravenhill experience but they were even treated to a crisp, clear, mostly still evening.
