Angels of Mersey
I missed Angels of Mersey about the work of chaplains in Liverpool and caught up with the first episode last night on the iPlayer.
It showed the University in Freshers Week and in some respects it hasn’t changed much since I went to my Freshers Week in 1965.
We often talk about bad building in the 1960s, but Liverpool University seems to have avoided some of the worst examples.
A Clever Name
I took this picture of a van from a bus, as I went towards the Angel.
damselinadress.co.uk
It always helps to have a good name for a business. www.damselinadress.co.uk is a good one!
Is The American Political System Too Complicated?
This article made me think. Here’s a taster.
Can a democratic system function efficiently in an advanced economy in our modern, globalized world? A system based, say, on a couple of 18th century documents updated occasionally by nine people in black robes and a two-chambered legislature that must devote at least as much time to the raising of funds to re-elect itself? I think it can—eventually—but not everyone agrees.
There’s a lot more of the same.
What Do David and Sam Cameron Not Do?
The answer is in The Times today!
Apparently neither of them wear a watch.
It also says, that they are not known for their love of trinkets.
On a personal note, C never wore a watch, but she did buy me at least four, including a Rolex as she was dying for my first Christmas without her.
Connecticut Abolishes the Death Penalty
About time too, but it’s here on the BBC
Jo Brand Has Trouble in Streatham
According to this report in the Standard, Jo Brand is in trouble with some of the things she said in Streatham.
I don’t think I’ve ever knowingly been to Streatham, as I do know it is south of the river and people born in the north of the city rarely cross the river without either a good reason or adequate precautions and preferably both.
Wot No Chuggers
I took this picture of a desolate Angel in Islington today.
Wot No Chuggers
You will notice that the pavement is without the dreaded chuggers.
Any ideas?
Voting for the Bus
I was at the Angel yesterday afternoon, waiting for a 38 or 56 to take me home, when a New Bus for London passed the other way going towards Victoria.
The guy standing next to me, asked if I’d ridden the bus and I said several times. We then both agreed that we liked them and I said that as an engineer and a designer, it had a lot of good ideas that would find their way into new buses, making them all better.
He then made the statement, that although he was a lifelong Labour voter, he would be voting for the one candidate, who won’t be scrapping the bus; Boris.
Is this the first time that the man on the Dalston omnibus, has been swayed in his voting preference, by that bus?
An Exquisite Necklace
This necklace is unique and was designed by a student at the Royal College of Arts for her degree.
An Exquisite Necklace
It is silver, with butterfly wings under ground glass. It was made about 1970.
It does need a bit of a clean-up. But otherwise it is in good condition.
What Have the London Marathon and the Multi-User Version of Artemis in Common
According to legend and this web site, the London Marathon was planned by Chris Brasher and John Disley in a pub; the Dysart Arms at Richmond.
So what’s different to most great ideas?
The first multi-user version of Artemis, the project management system, was designed by Richard Nobbs and myself in the Gardeners Arms at Stutton.
The Anonymous Widower 