April 2010
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Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
Map!: Now Available With Black Splodges →
It’s a bright Saturday in spring. The sun’s shining, there’s a fresh breeze, there’s buds on the trees. Naturally this means that I am tucked up inside with the blinds drawn and a laptop. I don’t…
Apr 24th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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English Phrases I love
“Hundreds and thousands” A reference to the sugar strands you get on the top of cupcakes, I love it for its homeliness, its randomness; I love that it is a term which is utterly irrelevant, and, if you heard it outside of its context, you would have no idea what it meant.  It’s one of those terms that is also passed down through families as a term to be used in cooking and...
Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
Risk →
“So. When are we going to visit Stanlow & Thornton?” That’s not an invitation you get every day. And frankly, how could I resist it? Robert Hampton, the man who has, against all logic, graduated…
Apr 18th
Scally Central →
Warning: there be spoilers ahead! Above: Nicky Bell as Carty. Impenetrable Scouse accent not shown. Last weekend I got a copy of the Awaydays DVD from Lovefilm, a film I’d…
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Apr 10th
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A Golden Day →
The recent foray into the old maps of Merseyside’s railways got me thinking about the history of the network and, more particularly, what’s been lost. Liverpool and the Wirral have always been…
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Apr 4th
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The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries →
A couple of weeks ago, I waxed lyrical over a couple of old Merseyrail signs pointed at me by Jamie. Well, he’s taken time out from his busy schedule of sipping champagne in the first class…
Apr 3rd
Apr 1st
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Techno Techno Techno Techno →
Since I started writing this blog I’ve had literally thousands of queries (none) asking me about the technology I use to capture the various shots of me arsing around in front of station signs. “Do…
Apr 1st