Places that are still there, No.1: Scoffers
It probably wasn’t called Scoffers at the time, but it looks exactly as I remember it. I stumbled across it again recently, almost 20 years after first going there. It…
RIP the Pan Bookshop in Fulham Road
I found my eyes pricking today when I passed the Pan Bookshop in Fulham Road, and saw that they are to close down on 19th January. In the days when…
Happy new year!
You might think January 10th is a bit late for new year, but mine started on Saturday 6th, as a day before New Year’s Eve I got something gastric &…
Tokyo 2007 gallery (well, a little one)
This time last week, I was lecturing in Tokyo, but it already feels like two months ago. It was such a lightning visit (oh, how I loved telling people I…
Wheels on wheels
To Charing Cross Road tonight after an afternoon at ENB in search of an M-Audio 24/96 Microtrack, which is definitely my next toy important acquisition. Sound gear enthusiasts will probably…
Swimathon (part II – the finishing line!)
I feel fantastic – I finished the Swimathon in 1h 50 mins, 25 minutes faster than last time in 1992. Tooting’s also a 33m pool, whereas Brixton, where I did…