the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

waiting for a train

a bargain from the excellent oxfam bookshop in reigate ... and a very short true story

re-reviewed and re-recommended

i've been waiting for the chance to photograph battersea reference library in this light

a stuffed shirt in whitehall

... and by golly there woz light ! ... antique gas guzzler by horse guards parade

turkish gun ... on a posh english gun carriage

captain scott ... of the antarctic

life's little ironies ... sooner or later, what goes around, comes around

a walk along the embankment, starting from aldwych and walking towards westminster

sir joseph bazalgette

w.s.gilbert

sir walter besant

trickle-down theory vindicated ... at last !

i was surprised to learn that ... when they built the first iron bridge across the river severn ...

... that they built the frame first ...

... and then they built the abutments

look in to my eyes and obey me ... you will go to the dulwich picture gallery !

interrred on this spot ... the founders of the dulwich picture gallery

the new coen brothers' film no country for old men ...