I love Google products, in fact I use almost everything they offer – Googlemail, Google Reader, Google Maps, Google Calendar, Picasa, and this blog is hosted using Blogger (another Google product). One of my favourites is Google Earth. This software allows you to look at a globe of the planet and zoom into any location, […]
River Dogs
Yesterday afternoon we whiled away a few hours on the Isle of Dogs, heading along the river from Mudchute to West India Quay. Along the way we encountered many of the interesting sculptures and installations that seem to appear about every 100 yards on the island, and which have been springing up for about the […]
Riverside Repast
Well, yesterday evening I finally had a meal at my friend Rob’s restaurant on Mortlake High St, near Barnes Bridge, The Depot Waterfront Brasserie. It’s a fantastic venue, really chic inside, very imposing outside and it has tables at one side of the restaurant that almost sit “over” the Thames. You can even see the […]
Gerry Anderson Special on BBC4
There was a special on BBC4 tonight celebrating the work of Gerry Anderson, starting off with SuperCar and ending with Space 1999. Many moons ago I was fortunate enough to be a friend of one of his nephews, whose flat in Birmingham was strewn with actual puppets from the various shows… not something you forget […]
Bridge To Nowhere
If you get off the Docklands Light Railway at Gallion’s Reach there’s a strange sight looking from the end of the westbound platform. It’s a substantial roadbridge which just ends in thin air. This was to be (and may still turn out to be) a slip-road for the much needed East London River Crossing, which […]
Podcast Update #2
This week has seen two releases from the BBC Friday Night Comedy podcast people – there’s an edition of the “News Quiz” from Sandi Toksvig and team, and a special awards ceremony edition of Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis‘s “Now Show”. I love BBC comedy material, it’s always of the best quality, and both of […]
The “Eyes” Have It
Here are some photos taken on Boxing Day of Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner‘s art installation in Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf. It consists of 100 sets of animal eyes set around and about the park. At night, they’re illuminated by lighting designed by Admir Jukanovic, so that they look like animals caught in headlights… From […]