As I mentioned in a previous blog, I’ve been off to Derby this weekend for the Alt. Literature Festival, and very fun it was too. But this was the first time I’ve ever attempted to get to one of these events from a base that wasn’t London – in this case, my journey went from …
Category Archive: Cities and Adventures
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May
16
To Lincoln
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So, I should start out by confessing… I have no idea where Lincoln is. My knowledge of the UK beyond the M25 is very much defined by mainline railway stations. I can just about muddle by in cities like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Cardiff, have a vague understanding of where Exeter, Norwich, Dover, Manchester, Birmingham …
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Nov
18
District 9 – South Africa
So, we (myself and a gentleman who’ll go by the name of TLC from hereon in…) went to see District 9. I sort of did and sort of didn’t know what to expect; whether we were dealing with a pure blood n’ guts fest, or whether this was a different sort of science fiction movie …
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Oct
06
What I Did On My Holidays – The Redemption of Detroit
So it occurs to me that I have extensively rubbished Detroit International Airport in recent blogs, and while I defend this position as being entirely justifiable based on the key fact that Detroit Airport is horrid in every way, I realise that in the interest of fair play I must point out three key things. …
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Oct
04
What I Did On My Holidays – Montreal Pt.2
Back to my inability to speak French. I have yet to see Mission Impossible 3 in English. But in French, it was quite clearly a work of towering genius. I mean, in a totally rubbish way. Oh the running! Oh the sweaty vests! Oh the profound staring distantly into space while declaring love on the …
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Sep
30
What I Did On My Holidays – Montreal Pt.1
Alas, I went to Montreal before I owned a camera, so this is going to have to be done the ol’ fashioned way… are you sitting comfortably? The gentleman in my life was invited to attend a conference in Montreal for a few days in 2006, the year of the World Cup, and quickly decided …
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Sep
10
What I Did On My Holidays – Vienna
One of the very few holidays that doesn’t come with the epithet ‘so I went with my boyfriend…’ the Vienna expedition was a cunning plan formulated with me and my parents to take the train all the way from London to Vienna. Which, as a surprise to us all, we did! I guess my family …
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Aug
22
What I Did On My Holidays – Istanbul
I love Istanbul. By now, dear reader, you may have noticed a pattern in What I Did On My Holidays – I do cities. I vaguely get the idea of going on holiday to the countryside/mountains/beaches/forests etc., and find all of the above very pretty and pleasant in reasonable doses. But the NHS makes me …
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Aug
16
What I Did On My Holidays – Verona/Aida
First thing to be said about my trip to Verona is this – myself and boyfriend did very much not go and stand under Juliet’s balcony. Because let’s face it, the idea is kinda silly. What we did manage to do was walk for 3 and a half hours in search of a place to …
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Aug
14
Graffiti – European and London
So, I don’t know why, and don’t really know whether it’s an expression of something cultural/political, but as a general impression, I always get the feeling that there is more graffiti in continental Europe than in London. Sure, most of it – as with most of it in London – is the unintelligable scribble of …
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