They just want to be in a place where they have the world behind them, and before them nothing but emptiness.
W.G. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn
A few weeks back we went on a camping holiday, down to the coast. My holiday reading was W.G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn. Both had quite an effect on me. Read the rest of this entry »
![Image from page 2235 of "Illinois Agricultural Association record [microform]" (1923)](https://waituntilnextyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/16674824922_f325b2cecd.jpg)
I’m ready for the autumn. Read the rest of this entry »
Hello everyone. I thought it might be fun to ask for some requests. What would you like me to write about? You can just offer a word, or a title for a post, or supply a detailed break-down of what you would like me to write. Or you could suggest a video or image or song as a starting point. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve spent a lot of time on trains over the past year. I’ve covered quite a lot of England on those journeys. Read the rest of this entry »
Sign outside the old Head Office of W.H. Smith & Son, damaged by shrapnel from a German bomb on the night of 10th October 1940. W.H. Smith were based in this building on Portugal Street between 1920 and 1976. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 