London Calling

Today's Google celebrates the birth date of Robert Moog (inventor of the Moog Synthesiser) whose 78th birthday it would have been today (he died in 2005). Turn on you speakers - you can play with this one. It is pretty limited but quite addictive fun. Please note the aggressive marketing by Chro

The showers of April are at last behind (halfway through May) and the sun has broken through with some clear skies and warm weather. The Queen seemed to be having a garden party as lots of ladies and gentlemen in finery were around Buckingham Palace yesterday evening; there were plenty of other Lon

It's that time of year. The American TV channels are deciding which programmes make it and which ones don't. It's time to clear house in front of the up-fronts; when the channels show their new offerings to advertisers - and journalists can finally coherently summarise the new shows so we can decide

This week I've had two occasions to pause and think about the passage of time. The first occasion was when a friend posted our class photo on Facebook and I realised that it was taken nearly twenty years ago. I scanned the faces and realised that a lot of them I'd lost touch with... the good thi

Here are some more shots from my wanderings in London... some days it rains, some days the sun shines!  As always, click on the photos for a larger view. The Shard - dominating Discarded umbrella

I've had to do a regrettable amount of travelling around our fair capital these last two weeks as I the project I'm working on has weekly meetings in the City.  As the underground is too much torture for me and the crutches I usually get a cab there (as being there for the start of the meeting

World Book Night is here again. Encouraging those who don't read regularly to read (or indeed those who don't read at all). I'm quite impressed that I've read a few of this year's 25 books. Room - Emma Donoghue Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella The Time Traveller's Wife - Audr