Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Peril of the single currency and Globalism
Shipwright's partition hulls for safety. |
When SS Jeopardy is holed, the ship sinks but when SS Safety is holed, the ship sails back to port. The same consideration applies to Globalism. One size does not fit all. Countries need borders, tariffs and, in short, control; not to be at the mercy of unaccountable multinational powers.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Latest from the meadow
London - a music video playlist
Welcome to the Olympics 2012. Here are some songs, images & music of London. Thanks to Facebook friends for all the suggestions.
Playlist
- Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
- Willesden To Cricklewood - Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
- Kentish Town Waltz - Imelda May
- Montague Terrace In Blue - Scott Walker
- Warwick Avenue - Duffy
- Buddha Of Suburbia - David Bowie
- Wild West End - Dire Straits
- Brompton Oratory - Nick Cave
- Willesden Green - The Kinks
- London Calling - The Clash
- A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
- August In Hammersmith - Robyn Hitchcock
- Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
- I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello
- Misty Morning, Albert Bridge - The Pogues
- Up the Junction - Squeeze
- West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
- I Like London In The Rain - Blossom Dearie
- Lions - Dire Straits
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Frank Sinatra
- Silvertown Blues - Mark Knopfler
- The Old Main Drag - The Pogues
- Limehouse Blues - Django Reinhardt et al
- A Foggy Day In London Town - David Bowie
- Junkie Doll - Mark Knopfler
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly - Christy Moore et al
- Piccadilly Palare - Morrissey
- London Bridge - B.A.D.
- The Guns Of Brixton - Arcade Fire
- Primrose Hill - Madness
- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
- Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
- Kings Cross - Pet Shop Boys
- This Is What We Find - Ian Dury
- Swimming Over London - Tamesis Chamber Choir
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
PETA tips for safeguarding dogs in hot weather
From www.peta.org.uk:
During warm weather, even dogs who are left in the shade can quickly succumb to heatstroke and suffer brain damage as a result. On a 26-degree day, the temperature inside a shaded car is 32 degrees, and the inside of a vehicle parked in the sun can reach 70 degrees in just minutes.
During warm weather, even dogs who are left in the shade can quickly succumb to heatstroke and suffer brain damage as a result. On a 26-degree day, the temperature inside a shaded car is 32 degrees, and the inside of a vehicle parked in the sun can reach 70 degrees in just minutes.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Meadow: It's all happening
Field Scabious |
Various |
Red Campion?* |
Common Knapweed |
A bee on common knapweed |
Wild Carrot a.k.a. Queen Anne's Lace? Prickly stems with lines along. |
Knapweed and St John's-wort (yellow) |
The yellow flowers look like a type of St John's-wort |
Knapweed and St John's-wort |
Teasel on 21/7/2012, approx doubling in size per day |
Teasel 22/7/2012, already over 5.5 feet from nothing about three days ago |
Lots of new flowers in the past couple of days, including the army of teasel shooting up at amazing speed.
* Suggested by Percy Blower
Ode to Joy and to Spain
Part of Beethoven’s ninth symphony started by a child putting a coin into a street performer’s hat. Is Banc Sabadell one of the Spanish banks that needs money? A nice way of invoking the European spirit, if you like, with what is often thought of as the anthem of the EU.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Sponsoring "Short Story Day Africa" (screenshot)
It's nice to see Willesden Herald: New Short Stories 6 in the slideshow of sponsors' logos, as caught in this "freeze frame" screenshot. Link: Short Story Day Africa
Meadow update
Oxford Ragwort? This has only just blossomed. The scene changes from day to day. |
Depends on which leaves. |
Thistles cover a large area. |
Another view of the thistles. |
I will try for a better shot of the pink things. Update: Field Scabious - see later pictures. |
Wild Carrot a.k.a. Queen Anne's Lace? This has a nasty prickly stem. |
Still don't know. Creeping Yellow Cress? The stems have lots of "layers". |
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Hornet on privet
More blooming blooms
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Buddleia a.k.a. Butterfly Bush
At the disused factory warehouse, Bryan Avenue. According to a sign on the gate, the place is up for auction. So what happened to the plan for five-bedroom council houses on the site, which street residents were nimbying about?
Short Story Day Africa sponsorship
"Short Story Day Africa is a literacy project that aims to highlight the outstanding short fiction Africa has to offer." Link: Indiegogo
Willesden Herald has put a bit of the competition money into sponsoring this, in the hope of reading more short stories from Africa in our competition. And after all, the competition did receive funding from a Kickstarter appeal. What goes around comes around. I love reading stories from Africa, they're always fascinating. (Steve)
Official sponsor! |
Willesden Herald has put a bit of the competition money into sponsoring this, in the hope of reading more short stories from Africa in our competition. And after all, the competition did receive funding from a Kickstarter appeal. What goes around comes around. I love reading stories from Africa, they're always fascinating. (Steve)
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Swaminarayan school sports day at Willesden Stadium
A car park attendant said that people had come from all over the country for the sports day. Every bit of the car park, the grass in between the bays and part of the park was filled with cars. Welcome to The Swaminarayan School
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