A tube train was derailed in a tunnel on Saturday afternoon. There were no fatalities but about 30 of the 800 passengers were treated for various levels of injury. Current theory seems to be that a motor fell off the underside of one of the rear carriages. All of the rolling stock on that line… Continue reading Tube Trouble
War (What Is It Good For?)
Anyone remember Tom Robinson? Well he’s got a good page on his web site about what we can all do to protest about the forthcoming war. I particularly like the Clone of the Attack poster.
The Return Of The Vampire Slayer
So after six months of waiting, tonight we finally get a new episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on UK TV. It’s the first episode of season 7. Apparently it’s going to be a good deal less dark than the last season. So what do we know? Alyson Hannigan (Willow) and Anthony Head (Giles) have… Continue reading The Return Of The Vampire Slayer
Bowling For Columbine
Last night I finally got to see Michael Moore‘s film Bowling for Columbine. It was every bit as good as I expected. Moore looks at the huge number of people who are killed with guns in the USA annually and tries to understand what the causes are. In the process he manages to make a… Continue reading Bowling For Columbine
ID Cards
Those excellent people from Stand are at it again. This time they are asking people to register their feelings about the proposed introduction of ID cards in the UK. The government are currently undergoing a period of public consultation on this matter and they claim that the responses they’ve been getting have all been very… Continue reading ID Cards
Top 1000
Cool. I just discovered that I’m an Amazon UK Top 1000 reviewer. Of course, I’m still not buying from them.
Doonesbury
Whilst browsing some old entries on Ask’s blog I found an entry pointing out a very appropriate Doonesbury cartoon. (Actually, I’m just trying out Movable Type’s trackback functionality)
Snow
It’s been snowing here for two days so the British transport system has fallen to pieces. It does that most years. I hate snow. If I remember the books I was reading 30 years ago, by the 21st century we were supposed to all be living in cities that were covered by great glass domes… Continue reading Snow
An Unexpected Party
A few weeks ago I wrote an entry here about my feelings of on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The entry concentrated on the differences between the film and the original book. I expected that a few of my friends would read the item and maybe a couple of them would post comments.… Continue reading An Unexpected Party
Back To Work Day
Not for me you understand. I’ve been going into work every day except the three public holidays we get over xmas[1]. But it seems that the majority of the population of London left work on Friday 20th December and didn’t return until this morning. I first realised this when I arrived at my tube station… Continue reading Back To Work Day