London Green – a walk through London’s parks
London green: green is perhaps not the colour you first associate with London – red, perhaps, or black – but maybe you should think about green.
18th April – decades of a date
April 18th – one day in seven decades. And why just this day? What is the significance? It’s the day (in 1986) that I married Mrs SC. Our anniversary.
There’s something in the Brussels air
There’s something in the Brussels air – among other things the spores of yeast; also the spores of art – an exhibition of art from not so thin air
Brussels airport – back at Zaventem
Zaventem, Brussels airport has re-opened exactly two weeks after the terrorist bomb attacks. Passing through the airport yesterday I took these photos.
W W Thomas Jr – His Name Set in Stone
W W Thomas Jr is the only name that looks remotely English (Welsh in fact), carved in stone in S A Hedlund’s Guest Book, but he turns out to be American.
Terrorism – a proper response
Every so often someone asks me how I feel about terrorism – what is the proper response? The proper response to terrorism is bravery.
Tala’s Story – The Judgement
The results of the First Round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge came in this week. Here is my analysis of the feedback the story received.
Scary Monsters and Museum Night Fever
An evening of scary monsters, strange objects, and a night out at several museums which have stepped “out of their usual context” for the evening.
Fouad the Suave Zouave – a poem
A poem in six verses that originally appeared on Twitter. Apologies to van Gogh for borrowing and butchering his zouave portrait.
A walk in Molenbeek
A walk – with photos – through Molenbeek, the Brussels district vilified in the international press as a hotbed of jihadist terrorist activity.