I found myself walking through the West End in London recently. It was late evening, approaching 9pm. There were the usual thronging crowds of diners, theatre goers, sightseers, pubbers and clubbers, workers going to work, workers going home, bikers, scooterists, homeless folk and Deliverooisters. And everyone seemed very happy. Except maybe the homeless folk. But … Continue reading Life and Crime 2025
I like this building. The orange brick tower. Specifically, the flat at the top with the larger balcony. I do love a balcony with a view. And this one has quite the view. It sits at the top of the new-ish developments at Kings Cross in London. I’d like to sit in a comfy chair … Continue reading The Orange Tower
This week, I completed ten years of employment on the railways of Great Britain. Ten whole, unbroken years. Which means that at some point during the last year, my term of employment here became the longest I’ve held a job. In second place is nine years and about 2 months of (mostly dreadful) employment with … Continue reading Class 2015
I’ve been to a few ancient ruins in Mexico. If I sat down and tried to name them all, it’d take a while, I’d get well into double figures and there’d still be plenty I’d forgotten about. That’s what happens with six years of residency and two decades of visiting. Every time I go anywhere, … Continue reading Ichkabal
A tale of two railways. In 2019, after a decade of planning, consulting, designing, budgeting, legal challenges and other various controversies, work finally began on HS2. A shiny new high speed railway from London to Birmingham with forks off to Manchester and Leeds. And then work stopped, and started again and thenstopped again. The lines … Continue reading El Tren Maya
I waited years for its release. Fuji releases new models of its camera range infrequently, and I wasn’t going to trade up to a new shooter unless the spec was a substantial upgrade. The X-T50 is just that. I waited another year for prices to settle and availability to improve. Then I loaned one out … Continue reading Fujifilm X-T50
In 1983, the trailer for the Kennedy mini-series was introduced with the line, ‘Was it really 20 years ago…?’ I can’t find the trailer with that hook, but it’s always stuck in my mind. The gravelly voice, introducing the gravest of moments in history. At the time, to me, 20 years seemed to be closely … Continue reading Was It Really 7,305 Days Ago?
The Mexile 