Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Winston Smith

Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →

Weekend 250.0 (Where Orwell meets Nordlinger)

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Winston Smith

“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous — to poetry.” — Thomas Mann (1) The Wall Street Journal is publishing most its newest content Continue Reading →

Weekend 249.0

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) In the New Campaign, Honda Proves that “Things Can Always Be Better” – The advertisement features a Brompton

The Possible Present

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Winston Smith

“The EPCOT system features trains consisting of four attached cars, with each car seating up to four guests. The trains are much larger than either the Disneyland or Magic Kingdom Continue Reading →

Weekend 239.0 (Cycling Weekend)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) My Orange Brompton: A blog for those who want, own or love Brompton Folding Bicycles. (1a) This cat has great taste in colour (and he seems to have a Continue Reading →

Weekend 236.0

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) Klaus Biesenbach: The Museum of Modern Art curator, who’s cultivated his own celebrity status, on why art should be disruptive and deeply inspiring, and need not hang preciously on Continue Reading →

Weekend 232.1

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Winston Smith

I took Burgoyne to see “Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000” at the MoMA this weekend. This was an incredible exhibition and included works by Peter Ellenshaw and Continue Reading →

Weekend 221.1

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) Brave New World (is Here!) (2) Rebel Cel (WSJ) (2a) A related quote from Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler It was Zack Schwartz, Continue Reading →

Weekend 221.0 (It’s all borrowed time)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) What Will Survive of Us Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and is Continue Reading →

Weekend 220.1

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) I would run to you (advertisement for NIKE) (1a) Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus (WSJ) (2) Suddenly Simple: Authentic, organic and local isn’t just about your food—American minimalist Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

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

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