Manuel Castells, the first great scholar of cyberspace Quote of the Day “If you’re too open-minded; your brains will fall out.” Lawrence Ferlinghetti Musical alternative to the morning’s ...
Waiting for Hockney The queue for his 2012 Exhibition at the Royal Academy. Quote of the Day “Genius creates, and taste preserves” Alexander Pope Musical alternative to the morning’s radio ...
The Public House The OED says that “pub” is an abbreviation of ‘Public House’ or inn. This legendary institution has been around since 1754, so it was likely to have been called a ‘publ...
The listening post Dishes in Cambridge’s Lord’s Bridge radio telescope system: listening to the universe. Quote of the Day “He would have been considered a great Emperor, had he never ruled...
Light, shade and all that rot Quote of the Day ”Musk’s management philosophy for Twitter hasn’t so much been a random walk as a grasshopper lepping around on a hotplate.” Henry Farrell (N...
Anyone for truffles? Provence (where else?) Quote of the Day ”A toy car is a projection of a real car, made small enough for a child’s hand and imagination to grasp. A real car is a projectio...
In the sticks… In the wilds of Donegal. What estate agents, those masters of euphemism, would call “a development opportunity”. Quote of the Day ”I think that maybe if women and children ...
Whitegate As regular readers will know, I am trying to re-learn the art of black-and-white photography, after years and years of working in colour. B&W requires one to ‘see’ things differentl...
Railway sleeper My homage to Annie Ernaux’s Exteriors! Quote of the Day ”Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you.” Mel Brooks Musical alternative to the morning’s rad...
Picasso’s guitar? No, mine, viewed through a distorting lens. Quote of the Day ”The McDaniel hiring speaks to a long-running poverty of imagination at television’s news divisions. Network b...