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 »
30 Cannon Street has been revealed after quite a while under wraps, being restored, refurbished, cleaned up, and no doubt prepared for a major sales push. 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 »
Trendy bar. Not sure on cost so drinking halves. That sort of place. Get my coins mixed up, so he has to return for the rest, then when that’s sorted the change is 6p and they are out of change and should I hang around for the 6p or should I go, what is the least awkward. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 