A peacock butterfly on the Monsail Trail near Buxton, Derbyshire.
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Too soon.
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 …
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 …