Three Years
Three years ago today I moved in to my little flat in Chichester, soon to start a new job. I had no money left but at least, after a …
Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
“Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun” is a novella by Sarah Ladipo Manyika. Of all the books nominated for the 2016 …
Understated Classics #36: The Coral by The Coral
Perhaps in today’s modern age of streaming and such, The Coral would be a bigger band and may have survived their eventual burnout. …
A trip to Iceland. Part 2: Reykjavík to Flu∂ir.
After a day on foot in Reykjavík, and with some trepidation, we returned to the car for our drive through Iceland’s countryside. We …
Georgia O'Keeffe at Tate Modern
We went to see the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition at the Tate Modern last year. At the time, I didn’t know much about her, other …
Alistair Reynolds, Revelation Space
Alistair Reynolds’ 2000 novel “Revelation Space” has long been in orbit of my science fiction “to read” list, …
Personal ggplot tips and tweaks
I love making plots in R with ggplot. However, there are always a few niggles that I forget about between plots. I wrote this post so that I …
A trip to Iceland. Part 1: Reykjavík.
We arrived in Reykjavík a few days after a monumental snowstorm. As such the city was still under at least six inches of snow. We collected …
J. G. Ballard, Hello America
I had low expectations for “Hello America”, the next in the series of Ballard novels that I started reading over seven years …
The same, but different
Ingrid and I got married a month ago. It was a lovely day. We had a simple ceremony with two witnesses, our friends Sue and Andrew. We kept …
Album Digest, September 2017
Note: Recent months have been very busy, so this album digest combines a review of the new album by The National with a couple of reviews …
Eric Schlosser, Command and Control
“Command and Control” by Eric Schlosser is about the history of nuclear weapons and their safety. This might not seem like a …