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Latitude 60 degrees North
More about my trip to Shetland last November … took a short ferry ride from Lerwick to Bressay and had lunch with Douglas Coutts, who 50 years ago when a boy discovered 8th century treasure on St Ninian’s Isle. Douglas and … Continue reading
Heading North
Before it completely fades from the feeble SK memory bank, must write about my trip to the north last November. En route, in Edinburgh, encountered the Blue Footed Booby aka Marcus Coates before setting off to catch a tiny Flybe plane to … Continue reading
Nowhereisland, “Batty” Blackmore and Mercy Bump
To Ilfracombe in north Devon a couple of weeks ago to visit Nowhereisland, an island of Arctic rocks travelling up the south west coast. I’m citizen number 11 thousand and something btw. But first went to check out Ilfracombe’s … Continue reading
Posted in Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged Alex Hartley, Ilfracombe, Ilfracombe Museum, Nowhereisland
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Duck Racing
Never completely successful at horse-racing, I decided to have a go with Ducks. As everyone knows, Lyme Regis became famous for its Duck Races after Conger Coddling (involving a frozen dead eel – don’t ask) was banned. Apparently Duck Racing, … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Festivals, Sketchbooks, Travels
Tagged Dorset, Lyme Regis, notebooks, seaside, travels
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Castle life
A friend asked me to visit her. She lives in one of the 16 or so apartments at Bamburgh Castle, on the north-east coast of England. ”Always take a hot water bottle when staying in a castle,” I’d been advised by another … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Bamburgh, Bamburgh Castle, castle, Clarence House Re-enctors, competition, Farne Islands, flags beach, Grace Darling, Grace Darling Museum, heroine, lighthouse, Longstone lighthouse, museum, Norah Balls, Northumberland, sandcastle, sandcastle competition, seaside, Suffragette
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Out for tea
Yesterday walked across a burgeoning Regents Park from Primrose Hill to Baker Street to have a cup of tea with JS, Dean of Degrees at an Oxford college. Continue reading
Posted in Primrose Hill, Travels
Tagged drawings, heron, Primrose Hill, Pyrgic Puzzles, Regents Park, Sally Kindberg, the Guardian
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Tales of the Thames
Fascinating talks about the Thames and other watery connections at Somerset House, appropriately enough in a room overlooking the river. Ex-poet laureate Andrew Motion wore a bad cardigan and talked almost inaudibly about his new book Silver. Other speakers included Iain … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged Andrew Kotting, Andrew Motion, boat, Fountain Court, Hastings, Iain Sinclair, King Mswati III, MacGillivray, protest, river, Savoy Hotel, sea, Sliver, Somerset House, swan, Swansdown, Swaziland, the Strand, voyage, William Blake
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Who is community?
To Stratford last night. Caught the Javelin high-speed train from St Pancras, walking under extraordinary rattling sound overhead – huge hailstones on the glass arched Barlow roof. Stratford environs very J.G. Ballard. Artist Bob and Roberta Smith aka Patrick Brill has … Continue reading
Posted in Travels
Tagged artist, Bob and Roberta Smith, films, London Underground, paintings, Picasso, Stratford, Stratford cinema, Tim Newton
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Treacle well
To Oxford last weekend. Walked along the flooding Thames/Isis to St Frideswide’s Well at Binsey, by the side of St. Margaret’s church. Once a medieval pilgrimage spot, its waters are said to have healing powers – the word ‘treacle’ was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Binsey, dormouse, Lewis Carroll, Oxford, St Margaret's church, Thames, treacle well, walk
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China trip part five
Having drawn the Great Wall of China for the Comic Strip History of the World, I wanted to see the real thing. One free morning in Beijing before I left for London – but the cold and foggy conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Travels
Tagged bactrian, Beijing, Bookworm, cable car, China, fog, ice, Ming, Mutinanyu, Snickers, The Comic Strip History of the World, the Great Wall, tickets, travel, typography
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