Will there still be time for love?
My life is spent wired to the screen and line Time spent off is no doubt thought a crime All you speak and think is kept for ever and a day A shrinking cage in which for you to safely play
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The London Mithraeum
Two thousand years ago in London a Roman built a temple to Mithras on the banks of the river Walbrook. This year a beautiful new museum about this temple has just opened at the new Bloomberg building.
The Brickwork Lizards at the Slaughtered Lamb
Well... it's concert time again... t his time we traipsed as far as North London to enjoy the Brickwork Lizards launching their fine new album at the Slaughtered Lamb.
The Giants Causeway
The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is a world heritage site. Thousands upon thousands of hexagonal basalt pillars disappear into the sea and show the causeway where Finn MacCool was challenged to a race from Ireland to Scotland by the bad Scottish giant. In the version of the legend that my Dad told me the rules of the race were clear - the first of the two giants to touch the Scottish coast would win the right to marry some beautiful female giant. Both giants set off from Ireland at a furious pace but while running across the Irish sea the Scottish giant was clearly winning. Finn was falling behind. Finn knew he was going to lose and had to do something amazing to win! In desperation in the last seconds of the race Finn decided to do something pretty radical - he chopped his hand off and threw it at the Scottish coast. His hand flew past the Scottish giant and touched the coast first - he won the ra...
Instructions for successful city habitation
Modern cities have instructions are everywhere! I thought I'd document some just for fun! Clapham Junction -2017. Yes 2017.