Ballet turn board
At last, I’ve found it online, a version of the board which all my favourite Cubans practise turning with. For those who thought I was making it up, this TurnBoard…
Labour party street-spam in Tooting
Now you all know how much I love Tooting, and especially the terrific range of sweet shops, grocers and greengrocers. The glory of this area is its freedom from chain-stores…
Man gets 9 years for spamming: hooray!
The BBC reports that a Jeremy Jaynes, apparently the world’s eighth most prolific spammer has been sentenced to 9 years in jail. All we need is for a few more…
1841 and all that
I finally made the effort to park my car in Longham Post Office on the way back to London this morning and photograph Longham United Reformed Church, something I’ve meant…
The real crime on Coronation Street
At the post-results party at college when I got my degree results, most of my tutors congratulated me on my first, except for the poor guy who took me for…
Bangor University Library – worrying news?
No sooner had the thought crossed my mind, while I sat in Senate House Library last week, that great collections such as these may soon be endangered by investment in…