Just back from seeing Manu Chao at the Brixton Academy. It was an extraordinarily good show, which was about 50% encores. One of my friends there described him at the end as the Duracell bunny of music, and its true: the energy levels the band keep up all the way through are amazing. The show […]
Entries Tagged as 'London'
28 Weeks Later
September 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
Last night we watched the film 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to 28 Days Later. Obviously. Anyone who hasn’t seen it may want to stop reading in case I give the plot away – if such a thing is possible. While I enjoyed the film (of course I did. Its basically a zombie film. I […]
boris’ train set
August 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics, Work
On Friday night I was up in London for some drinks with a gang of old work colleagues from London Underground. I was asking some of those who still work for LU, LT or TfL what they think about the prospect of having Boris Johnson as their ultimate boss instead of Ken. One thought it […]
Boris 4 London?
July 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
Reasons why I won’t be voting for Boris: 1. I don’t live in London That makes any other reasons superfluous, but even if I did live there I wouldn’t vote for Boris if he was the only candidate. What does he know or care about London? The best you can say for him is that […]
Tourist trail continued
May 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life
After the National Gallery I hopped on a tube to South Kensington and then went along the foot tunnel to the museums. Despite the temptations of the Science and Natural History museums I went into the V&A. Previously my perception of the V&A was very similar to my sister’s (see an earlier comment). I thought […]
The tourist trail
May 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
I did my tourist thing yesterday, returning to a few old haunts and trying out a new one. The first port of call was obviously breakfast in Lower Marsh and then popping in to say hello to my ex-boss, but after that I went over the river to see the newly turfed Trafalgar Square. It […]
Tags: Art·London·Lower Marsh·Photos
Choo choo
May 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Work
I am looking forward to tomorrow. I am going up to London on the train. While it was a pain in the neck to have to travel up there every day to work for years, it should be different doing it for pleasure. Some ex-colleagues from London Underground are having a joint birthday celebration in […]
Old Bangers
May 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
One of the many advantages of living in Crawley is that it is halfway between London and Brighton. The trip from London to Brighton is a popular one for motoring events, so it is not unusual to see, for example, whole fleets of minis or VW Combis going through town if the owners’ group is […]
The Nightmare Before Christmas
March 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Nightmare Before Christmas · Life
On saturday afternoon we went up to Camden Lock. I had not been there for years, over 15 years I think. It was great to see Jayne’s reaction to the place with all its interesting clothes shops and endless market stalls. After a while you recover from the impact of seeing so many shops and […]
The old operating theatre
March 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
After our meeting on Saturday we headed across to London Bridge. The intention was to visit the London Dungeon, which Jayne has never been to and really wants to see. When we got there we found a queue which went on for ever. One of the assistants estimated that it would take about 2 hours […]
Tags: Art·Buildings·London·Medicine/Health·Photos
