Brighton and Hove, actually – my home town
We visit the author’s home town, Brighton and Hove, and indulge in some nostalgia to the sound of “the grating roar/Of pebbles which the waves draw back”.
We visit the author’s home town, Brighton and Hove, and indulge in some nostalgia to the sound of “the grating roar/Of pebbles which the waves draw back”.
A review of John Cleese’s autobiography “So, Anyway” with a particular look at what he has to say about writing, script-writing and writing comedy.
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In praise of cartography of all sorts, digital and analogue – and a plug for the website of Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities.
Dr Sacks is Oliver Sacks. This is a review of Oliver Sacks’ autobiography, On the Move. The focus is on his writing process, his swimming and a highly speculative meeting between Dr Sacks & John Cleese.
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In which we visit the Horta Museum in Saint-Gilles and learn something about Victor Horta, who brought Art Nouveau to Brussels; his influence lives on.
Autumn colours at TheSupercargo, a report for October: what has been happening – and what may be coming up – on the various Supercargo blogs and websites.
We visit the Abbe Froidure Park in autumn and attempt (but fail) to record an off-the-cuff presentation without a script, but do take some nice pictures.
My new plan for blogging at Stops & Stories (and by implication At the Quill); I also mention the help I’ve had from the website of my Blogg52 compadre, Anna Hellqvist.
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