Tag Archives: UK
links for 2008-05-09: signage fonts, Richard Price
CBRD – Media – Fonts British road sign fonts. I searched in vain for information about these, a couple of years ago. (via russel davies) (tags: typography UK road-signs) The Believer – Interview with Richard Price – containing, amongst other … more…
links for 2007-12-19: Lib Dems enlist Brian Eno
Clegg hires Brian Eno as youth adviser Lib Dems enlist Brian Eno. “I think they are the real opposition. I think they are the only opposition we have.” (tags: politics Brian-Eno Lib-Dem)
links for 2007-12-07: string vests, punch bags, robot violinist, henge tunneling, lyrical terrorist
eBay Seller: crystal passion dezigns ltd: Men’s Clothing, Men’s Accessories items on eBay.co.uk String vests not becoming historical garb, despite the Guardian’s daft story. I do not own a string vest, alas. (tags: string-vest ebay BBC daft) Store withdraws man-shaped … more…
Theatre of war
I was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act, on my way through Euston station. Sniffer dog and flamboyantly over-equipped uniformed hat, who at least was reasonably polite about it. As he said, he didn’t actually suspect me of anything. … more…
Children of Men
My second favourite movie of last year, (after The Departed). I’ve made two or three passes at writing a proper review of this movie in the past few days, and it just won’t come out right. So I’m giving it … more…
Ministers accused of sidestepping torture ban
Yesterday’s Guardian: The government is undermining the ban on torture enshrined in domestic and international law in a mistaken belief that it would help counter terrorism, a human rights group warns today. The warning, by Human Rights Watch, comes as … more…
Penman on Extras
Just a quick one: Ian Penman has views at THE PILL BOX on Extras, Ricky Gervais’s latest thing. I was uneasy about the humour in The Office, but wouldn’t actually avoid it. Extras, however, pumps up everything about The Office … more…
martian.fm
I must have recommended martian.fm before, more than once, but after a long hiatus, it’s back! Rejoice! How ‘Muslim’ are you? Sympathetically Muslim. I love the fabrics. Relatively Muslim, though I’d hate to be provocative. Proper Muslim. That bloke who … more…
A throwaway post from years ago comes back to haunt the referral logs…
This is most perplexing: over the last 8 hours or so, enthusiasm has recieved an unusual number of visitors chasing after a bit of satire I linked to back in May 2002. The piece was titled Depressed Man Diagnosed As … more…
The UK is seasonal habitation in the long term
It seems that the old sceptr’d isle is something of a seasonal delicacy, in the long cycle of meteorological time. BBC Science reports Recent Findings: The evidence suggests there were eight major incursions [onto the area now called the British … more…