Yesterday I read the news that Iain Banks wasn’t doing too badly all considered. This lunchtime I heard via Twitter that Iain had died. Fuck Cancer. I first discovered Banks’ writing via the internet, a recommendation in a long forgotten place lead me to a copy of The Use of Weapons and a whole universe …
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Back in the Netherlands
Long time no post again. Spent much of recent time getting on with work and neglecting websites and fun projects. A long weekend away has me back in the Netherlands; Rotterdam and Leiden to be exact. There are real contrasts between the two cities, Rotterdam is very new; hardly any building in the center is …
Drinks at the Royal Institution
How civilized.
Valance House Museum
Yesterday I visited Valance House Museum for the fist time since it reopened in June 2010 following an extensive 2 year refurbishment. I’d been a frequent visitor before the closure, especially when I was trying to track down the whereabouts of the whale bones that give Whalebone Lane its name. The museum is greatly improved …
Fire comes to Dagenham
As part of the Dagenham Town Show parade, the [REDACTED] torch, outriders, runners, police and sponsors came to town. Other boroughs get the torch on midweek mornings, we got to incorporate the visit into the annual carnival parade. Unfortunately, I’ve no idea of the identity of the chap carrying the touch, if you know drop …