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That’ll show the Cnut. 15 May 2013 | 11:49 pm
By God, it’s been a long time since last I posted here. The reasons are complicated – suffice it to say that I think we’ve heard the last of Baron von Hamstern. So, back to posting stuff about London!...
Out with the old 29 Dec 2011 | 12:08 pm
Continuing with the festive theme started last entry (and why not?), I think I’d like to talk a little about New Year. Here in London, the New Year tradition is very simple. Go out and get absolutely ...
What the heck is Boxing Day, anyway? 27 Dec 2011 | 03:25 am
Christmas has thus far been a 100% success, and now I’m settling down for the traditional Boxing Day power-down. Many will be out in the sales, fighting for bargains. Personally, I’m a bit old-fashion...
Easy Steam 24 Dec 2011 | 05:50 pm
I don’t think I mentioned this before, but I’ve started a new blog in response to the level of interest shown in my entries on the subject of steampunk. Here it is. http://realsteampunk.wordpress.com...
What’s for dinner, Tom? 24 Dec 2011 | 03:57 pm
I have a special little end-of-the-week ritual that I’d like to tell you about. You know how it is on a Friday – you’re running out of food in the house, you’re tired, you can’t really be arsed to coo...
Whatever, blog boy. 24 Dec 2011 | 01:11 pm
I feel I need to apologise for how lame I’ve been with this blog lately. I have a schedule, and until recently I’ve prided myself on sticking to it. But frankly that’s been a bit difficult over the pa...
Queensbury rules 19 Dec 2011 | 02:39 pm
The Victorian era produced some real bastards, I think you’ll agree. However, many of them were simply ill-served by history – while we’d now consider them dreadful examples of humanity, they were per...
On the bottom of the world 15 Dec 2011 | 09:53 am
Today marks one hundred years since Roald Amundsen’s expedition reached the South Pole, winning the Race to the Pole and achieving one of the major goals of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. L...
Round the bend 12 Dec 2011 | 02:13 pm
So I see they finally got rid of the last of those bendy buses. There don’t seem to be all that many mourners. I think part of the problem was that nobody realised quite how nostalgic Londoners got a...
Mother’s Ruin 8 Dec 2011 | 10:57 am
As regular readers will know, I like a drink now and again and again and again. The way I see it, it’s not an addiction if you’re still enjoying yourself. But even I must draw the line somewhere. Toda...
