Updated with full write up 11th June. I’ve finally got round to writing the promised review of my new Slimdevices Squeezebox and Acoustic Energy Aego M speakers; I’ve had them for two weeks now, and I’m still thoroughly impressed by both products.
I took this photo them the day they arrived - I included my G2 [...]
I was sorry to hear that Beryl Cook had passed away today, at the age of 81. I really do think people will look back and recognise her as one of the great British artists of the 20th century. I loved her affection for her subjects, her mischievousness and the joie de vivre that was [...]
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Just time for a quick post about two very troubling stories that have appeared in the last day. The first is a report in the Times which reveals that Ministers are to consider plans for a database holding details of every phone call and e-mail sent in the UK.
A massive government database holding details of [...]
After my last post about Nunhead Cemetery, I thought it only right that I brave the rain and stroll over to their open day last Saturday. There was a pretty good turn out despite the weather - I don’t think I’ve seen that many goths gathered in one spot since I saw the Cure [...]
The mini-heatwave London’s currently experiencing (the warmest start to May for 200 years apparently) has provided me with a good excuse to down-tools and potter off to explore one of south London’s hidden gems, Nunhead Cemetery. It’s been a good few years since I was last there, and I’d forgotten just how impressive it is. [...]
Last Sunday’s The Reunion programme on Radio 4 was a special on Withnail & I. In the 45 minute show, recorded before a live audience at the BFI, Sue MacGregor chats to Bruce Robinson, Ralph Brown, Richard E Grant and Paul McGann about the film, with a short contribution from Richard Griffiths. You can currently [...]
I found myself strolling up Whitehall on Saturday, and couldn’t help but admire the National Monument to the Women of World War II. I don’t recall noticing it before - mind you, you could probably count the number of times I’ve walked along Whitehall since its dedication in 2005 on the fingers of a hand [...]
If you’re going to enter Canon’s The Assignment photography competition, it’s probably not a good idea to submit one of Windows Vista’s official wallpapers as your own work (original image by Darrell Gulin here). Especially if the image is licenced by Getty Images, who have something of a reputation for heavy-handedness when it comes to [...]
If you have a chance to vote in the election for the London mayor today, please, please stop Boris Johnson being elected. He may play the loveable buffoon, but the reality is that Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a hard-right Thatcherite, who:
despises anyone not of his class
was pro-Iraq war
was against the Kyoto treaty
is against [...]
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