Wednesday, August 25, 2010

beautiful people from 1960 ... there's still time to watch "a bout de souffle" at the bfi


















and to revel in a bit of film making fun and fireworks that is filled with grace and laughter

Monday, August 23, 2010

three more beautiful things ...

a letter i've been struggling to write to an old friend for the last seven days suddenly leaps onwards from page four to page fourteen

i find just the right kind of walking and working boots i've been wanting to buy after days of searching and i proudly wear them even whilst i type, sitting here well after my usual bed time in my third best pyjamas

the house empties after a jolly gathering of buddhists and i re-possess the sofa, sitting by chance in just the right position for a powerful moonbeam to smack me in the eye

Sunday, August 22, 2010

more links to the photography of the late "downfallen" ...























Heron Tower - November 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=6650

St. Boltoph's House - November 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=392

Nido - November 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=776

St. Boltoph's House - October 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=369

Nido - August 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=700

General - May 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...6&postcount=14

Lots Road - April 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...0&postcount=96

Ropemaker Place - April 2009: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=638

Athena (Stratford) - November 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=264

Snowhill Phase 1 (Birmingham) - October 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=1333

Birmingham Skyline - October 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=121

No.1 The Gateway - October 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=236

St. Martins in the Fields - October 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...6&postcount=31

Ropemaker Place - September 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=445

Regent's Palace Hotel - September 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=105

Derelict London - August 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=322

General London - April 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=153

Middlesex Hospital - February 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=164

Leicester Square - February 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=401

Park House - February 2008: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...4&postcount=33

Pan Peninsula - November 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=2462

Willis Building - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=3843

Elektron Towers - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=256

20 Churchill Place - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=479

Broadgate Tower - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=914

Pan Peninsula - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=2365

122 Leadenhall - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=1188

Battersea Power Station - October 2007: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=327

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010

whoops ... i've accidentally sold my friends' land to a chinese oil prospector on e-bay ...















... not !

this is ultra-snappy fantastically detailed interactive online mapping of agricultural land usage and classification from the spanish guvinment

http://sigpac.mapa.es/fega/visor/