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 →

São Paulo

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Winston Smith

I was in São Paulo last week for work. It was a quick trip, with a packed agenda, so the opportunity for exploration was limited. I have a top ten 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 →

Weekend 412.0

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Winston Smith

Quiet weekend. I took a look at my list of personal goals for 2018 (hastily drafted during my holiday sabbatical) and was frightened by the lack of progress. (1) Route 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 →

Weekend 376.0

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) Edward Johnston, designer of the iconic Underground typeface and ‘bullseye’ symbol, died on this day in 1944

Limestone Roof

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

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