Posts Tagged: Travel

The woman opposite me on the train is listening to her iPod. Half way through the trip I happen to look up and see a single tear roll down her cheek, she notices and wipes away the tear. No more tears follow.

The UK has been plunged into snowy chaos this week with some of the lowest temperatures I can remember, and up to 2 feet of snow in some places. Where I live, we have four to six inches of snow, but even that has still made it impossible to drive; the main roads are passable,… Continue Reading ›

I love cities; it’s fair to say I’m Dedicated to the City. I was recently talking with a friend about cities; their similarities, their differences, and what defines them. It struck me that cities are so much more than places and people; cities themselves have their own character and personality. It is this character, this… Continue Reading ›

As I no longer have a links page or blogroll, I’d like to draw your attention, if I may, to Biting The Big Apple, a great blog written by my friend Stephanie. Stephanie and I worked together for a few years in London, then in 2007 Stephanie made the huge step of moving to New… Continue Reading ›

One of the things that I kept thinking about in New York was how important films and TV shows had been in setting some of my expectations about the city, and also in making it feel oddly familiar at the same time. I saw a number of locations from films in my all too short… Continue Reading ›

Normal Service Resumed… I’m back from a very pleasant week in sunny Cornwall, and catching up on my RSS feeds. I found this wonderful video via Kottke.org, work like this makes my licence fee feel like such good value.