Weekend 446.0

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Winston Smith

What happened to the British? A quote from Gibraltar by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins. “It is not improbable that this is a stratagem of Admiral Barcelo’s, to harass, and Continue Reading →

Southampton, P2

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) The fabulous flying boats of the Solent Sky museum (c|net) (2) Wonderful prose from Southampton Sketches by Elsie M. Sandell: “How deep was the delight in former days to Continue Reading →

Weekend 445.0 (Terminus)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from Absolutely On Music by Haruki Murakami: “In that sense, Seiji Ozawa is simultaneously an unschooled ‘child of nature’ and a fountain of deep, practical wisdom; a Continue Reading →

Weekend 444.0

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Winston Smith

(1) Disneyland Paris reimagines its events offer (Exhibition World) (2) This post has some amazing personal significance! #serendipity Today marks 50 years since the first flight of #Concorde. See some Continue Reading →

Weekend 443.0 (Fellow Travelers)

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Winston Smith

“Driven out of paradise by You and exiled in a distant land, I cannot return by myself unless You, O Lord, come to meet me in my wandering. My return Continue Reading →

Weekend 439.0 (Andantino con moto)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Dvořák Carnival, Op. 92 (YouTube) Heard this last night at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The performance on YouTube is from Royal Albert Hall in 2012. (1a) Limestone Photo Continue Reading →

Southampton

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Winston Smith

Concluding my three city swing (Austin, Portland, and Southampton) with another list. What’s surprisingly missing from this one is anything White Star Line / Titanic related. I was in Southampton Continue Reading →

Bigger than Watergate…

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Winston Smith

…if only the media gave a damn. The good news— the 5th Estate is completely irrelevant (shadow banning, censorship and all). (1) KIMBERLEY STRASSEL: Devin Nunes, Washington’s Public Enemy No. Continue Reading →

Write this story…

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Winston Smith

…winner gets homemade fish n chips or bangers and mash. The illustration was done by Clarke Hutton for A Picture of Britain.

Weekend 383.0 (…try to catch the deluge in a paper cup)

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Winston Smith

(1) Super Tunnel: Join engineers as they build a massive new railway deep beneath the streets of London. (NOVA) (1a) 5 Key Lessons from 10 Cities at Transforming Transportation 2017 Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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