Apr
26
There’s an argument that these two stations ought to really be tackled separately, since there’s a lot to say about both of them. But if Transport for London doesn’t mind clumping them together, then I’m not about to w0rry. These two stations sit on the end of the Euston Road, in a part of London …
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Apr
22
I’m sometimes asked who my favourite writers are. And, while the list is long and extensive, Roger Zelazny has never yet not passed my lips. I am more than happy to be a one-woman fan club for Zelazny, and sing his praises in all things. Although dead now (most of my favourite writers are dead, …
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Apr
22
So, every year in Tokyo, according to the BBC World Service, there is a celebration of cherry blossom. Weather reports contain a feature on the progress of the cherry blossom as it spreads across the islands of Japan, until finally a special tree in a garden in Tokyo blooms, picnic-goers materialise for lavish feasts below …
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Apr
09
The Barbican Centre is a vortex in space and time that would do Dr Who proud. It lurks in a fat, raised-above-street-level dollop between Moorgate, St Pauls and Goswell Road, in a place where clearly a lot of bombs fell back during the Blitz. Do not, do not, do NOT assume that normal laws of …
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Apr
02
So, this week, as probably the whole world knows, the G20 leaders met in London to talk about how economically stuffed we all are. And, because economics is a subject about which I know just enough to know that I really don’t get it, and because the protesters who went into the city in preparation for …
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Apr
02
A Madness of Angels is now, finally, out in the UK shops! So now’s the chance to see what it’s all about… I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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