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Tag Archives: London
The consequence of surveillance?
via Londonist See also their cheerful map of the V2-rocket impact sites in London. It’s the sunshine version of Gravity’s Rainbow.
You’ll not get rid of me that easily
I’ve just taken the longevity test at Blue Zones.. this is the longest i’ve ever been predicted to live. Apparently the algorithm behind their calculation is enormous and very well researched but I can’t help wondering if they didn’t ask … Continue reading
what’s wrong with this picture?
Is London’s future Islamic? It’s the capital’s fastest growing religion, based on noble traditions and compassionate principles, yet Islam can still be tainted by mistrust and misunderstanding. Here Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place.. … Continue reading
This is your captain
I was fairly early for my flight back from Amsterdam today so I chose to sit in seat 1A. Which meant I got to sit next to a pilot catching a lift back to London. Didn’t really have much to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Boeing 747, British Airways, Captain, Eric Moody, first officer, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, London
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the cognitive neuroscience of ghosts
You may have laughed at my cognitive neuropsychology of zombies. At least I hope you did because that was the main intention of it. But it seems that ghosts and hauntings are taken more seriously by psychologists. But I have … Continue reading
Outlook for some Londons
To put the fanastically varied weather we’ve been having into perspective, here’s the weather in some Londons this week. London, Nigeria wins for the electrical storms, with London, Burma a close second, whilst London, Russia looks to be in for … Continue reading
Posted in london
Tagged Altai Mountains, Arizona, Belize, Burma, Equatorial Guinea, Kentucky, Kiribati, location, London, Mpumalanga, Myanmar, Nigeria, Ohio, Ontario, Russia, Texas, United Kingdom, West Virginia
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Thirty years of restaurants
Last night I went the the Jazz club in the basement of Pizza Express at 10 Dean St. I was surprised. I’d always known there was a jazz club there but I had always imagined that the jazz was something … Continue reading
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Tagged basement of Pizza Express, Burger King, GBP, Jazz club, London, Rob Chapman, Sam Coombes
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Experiments.. in theatre
I know many of you like experiments and that most of you are keen on the theatre. You are all in luck because on the evening of Monday 15th May in the Soho Theatre, London you can enjoy both! Tassos … Continue reading
where have you been?
So i just met Her Maj, Prince Phil and da princess royal.. it was more fun than i expected.. they were pretty dull but Buckingham Palace was darn cool.. Wasn’t expecting it to be quite as palatial as it was… … Continue reading
Posted in london
Tagged Anne, Buckingham Palace, Caspar Addyman, Governor, head, London, Peter Skellern, Phil, Picture Gallery, Prince, princess, Professor, Queen, straight-forward, Van Dyke
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From A to Z
A failed journey i once undertook was to visit the first and last place in a motoring atlas of the british isles… depending on what authority you consult the first is a little village in Somerset called Abbas Combe, the … Continue reading
Posted in life, london
Tagged Abbas Combe, Abberley Mews, Afghanistan, Ashby de la Zouch, british isles, Exeter, From Abberley Mews, Google, local poet, London, Temple Combe, Zennor, Zimbabwe
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Bodidharma’s Eyelids – Chapter 2
Chapter 2 London, Tuesday 17th December Doctor Whittard, the chief Librarian, was not a happy man. The biggest problem when running a government department that does not officially exist is the filling in of forms. Government runs on paperwork and … Continue reading
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Tagged a farming policy director, Accounting, America, Bob Tetley, Boston, British Library, Camellia Kousmichoff, Captain, Cardiff, cellular telephone, chief Librarian, China, Congress, direct commander, Earl Grey III, external consultant, GCHQ, GCHQ building, General, government cleaning services, Her Majesty's government, history teacher, information analyst, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jesus Henry Christ, lawyer, Library of Congress, linguist, London, Major General, manager, Massachusetts, Menwith Hill, North Korea, Oxford University, requesting manager, Russia, secure systems, spy, Staff, statistician, submarine commander, Swansea, Taylor, Thames, United Kingdom, United States, University of Wisconsin, Victoria station, VR technology, Walter Whittard, Wisconsin
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Bodhidharma’s Eyelids – Chapter 1 (cont.)
He went to the fridge to replace the milk. On the third shelf was a single man’s black leather shoe. It was a left shoe, it looked expensive and it had not been there this morning. Lipton knew without looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Ah, Boston, Charles Townshend, East India Company, Finland, Japan, lecturer, London, mid-Atlantic, policeman, Professor, The Library
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pass the sick bag
All packed and ready to go but feeling a little sick in the stomach.. it might be the extra hot vegetable chilli i had for lunch but i rather suspect it is nerves. Haven’t done anything like this since i … Continue reading
Posted in Berlin
Tagged Chair, David Gardner, driver, energy sapping metropolis, Hazel Cole, London, Paris, station A, station B, station C, unheated coach
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The Streets of London
Some months ago, after an amazing curry at Tayabs in Whitechapel with 30 friends, three of us travelled home on the tube. We were sharing a can of Strongbow Super Strength (7.4% abv.) and we felt a little like singing. … Continue reading
Posted in london, words
Tagged cafe At, carrier bags, Dirt, Frank Sinatra, King, London, New York, Ralph McTell, Streets of London
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London
i failed to get into work.. turfed off tubes at 9am at london bridge.. stopped for a greasy breakfast oblivious to what was going on.. thought i might be able to catch a Docklands Light Railway train out to work … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Tower, Canary Wharf, internet cafe, London, Tower of London
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