Weekend 589.0 (Rommer Treece)
“At some point in his studies the student of military history begins to perceive great events as climaxes to a series of ironies.” — W.J. Wood What’s cooking? I’m smack Continue Reading →
Weekend 588.0
(1) Friday night vinyl is The Wall – Live in Berlin by Roger Waters. (2) Address to the Inhabitants of Bermuda, 6 September 1775 (National Archives) (3) The Secret Tube Continue Reading →
Weekend 587.0
More from Southampton Sketches by Elise M. Sandell: The bells of St. Michael’s, which have rung on through the centuries, have always been fascinating. A memory comes of a summer Continue Reading →
Our Lady of Walsingham
(1) Her Immaculate Majesty: The Queen of England (The Imaginative Conservative) “A moment,” she said, “and the dead shall revive; The giants are failing, the Saints are alive; I am Continue Reading →
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies.
(1) A quote from Naked Airport by Alastair Gordon “Everything inside the terminal—flight information board, lights, staircase, railings—was designed to be part of a total environment in which each part Continue Reading →
Weekend 586.0 (1.6 x 10-35 m)
(1) The Westminster Cathedral Newsletter (Fr Michael Donaghy) “There is, in many of us, the inclination to put on a show. We can easily wear a mask to hide our Continue Reading →
Weekend 585.1 (The Song of the Bells)
(1) Excerpt from Southampton Sketches by Elise M. Sandell CRESCENDO — From steeple to steeple, gable to gable, from pinnacle to battlement and high over the Bargate they were flung Continue Reading →
Weekend 585.0 (Sunken Departure Lounge)
(1) Flight of fancy: The TWA Hotel (YouTube) (2) Solari boards: The disappearing sound of airports (BBC) (3) Limestone Roof Photo Archives: TWA Hotel (Updated) (4) TWA Hotel playlist on Continue Reading →
Weekend 584.0
(1) Signing off after 25 years (The Royal Gazette)
Game Review: RAILGRADE
It’s embarrassing HOW many hours I spent playing Railroad Tycoon, SimCity, A-Train, and Locomotion in my formative years. RAILGRADE is the penultimate evolution of those precursors with great storytelling. And Continue Reading →