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A Good Reason to Smoke
Yes it's that time again - 'Smoke - A London Peculiar' has reached number 15.This edition takes a morbid turn, with a story by Sara Horns entitled "All The Little Dead Girls" centred around Manor Park Cemetery. To lighten the mood, you'll b...
Even More Christmas Cheer
Earlier this evening, in the bitter cold but fortunately before the snow started to fall, I thought that to inject a bit more of the Christmas spirit into the blog, I'd catalogue the Christmas lights that have been strung up along the main shopping s...
Public Service Announcement - Cabwise
I've been asked to mention a new public safety campaign coming out of the Mayor's Office.Now as you may know I'm not a great fan of dear Boris, but he's definitely got his head screwed on with the 'Cabwise' campaign. There's a great deal of concern d...
My Christmas Wishes
I'm not sure how much posting I'll be doing over the next week or so, so I'm going to wish the readers of my blog a very happy Christmas now. I hope Santa brings you everything you want, and that if you're spending time with the family like I am, tha...
Berliner Buddy Bears
OK, so now we get to my thoughts about Berlin, and to talk about something I've not mentioned before but which you can't help noticing if you visit the city - the 'Buddy Bears'.Originally conceived as exhibits for an art installation in 2001 which fo...
Ghost Palace
On my final day in Berlin we set out for a day in Potsdam, and a visit to the park and palaces of Sanssouci, built for Frederick the Great in the mid 1700s.The day started off in a suitably eerie fashion, with fog and mist clinging close to the groun...

