Autolycus
Blog URL http://www.autolycus-london.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags london, daily life, ageing, cycling, places, paris, places, paris
A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles: a born and bred Londoner's this and that.
Latest Blog Posts
- on Nov 14, 2009 in daily life
Who'd have thought soft furnishings could cause such homicidal rage?Strictly speaking, it was the hardware attached. I've never been that fond of the curtain poles I inherited, and recently both the rings and the fixings have been looking increasingl...
- Conversation piece on Nov 7, 2009 in london daily life
Cycling over Tower Bridge needs concentration, even more than on other roads. Going to work or coming home, I need to bear over to the right as I come off the bridge - so relative pace and position in the traffic lanes need to be thought out. To add...
- Chord on Nov 2, 2009 in london events
Not the most likely venue for an artwork, you might think; one of London's little seen spaces, the old Kingsway tram tunnel. Here, once upon a time, trams rattled between the Embankment and the top of Kingsway. Ever since the trams were withdrawn in...
- Krispy Kreme, please note.... on Oct 30, 2009 in daily life
It isn't the most winning of sales techniques to greet a customer's order by adopting a Lady Bracknell tone of mildly outraged incredulity to say "Just the one?"...
- Sheer frivolity on Oct 23, 2009 in in the news
I suppose I ought to have done my democratic duty and sat down to watch Question Time last night. But it's a long time since I gave up watching controversialists being controversial. What's the point if the only possible constructive contribution to...
- Apple time on Oct 19, 2009 in events green
Tuesday is National Apple Day, apparently, and this weekend there was an Apple Festival at Brogdale Farm, the home of the National Fruit Collection.Here over 2000 varieties of apples are grown, along with 500 varieties of pear, not to mention quinces...
- Don't squeeze me till I'm yours on Oct 9, 2009 in in the news
I didn't think of commenting on M. Giscard d'Estaing's venture into Cartlandland with his roman à wishful thinking about a tendresse between a tall and sophisticated French President and a beautiful young Princess. There comes a point when it's only...
