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The CWA Gold Dagger Awards

‘I adore quarrels in other people’s houses.  One has the vicarious excitement with no anxiety about one’s crockery.’ (Winston Graham, The Little Walls) I enjoy crime fiction, and, over the years, have discovered some favourite authors through the CWA Gold…
Del
May 21, 2017
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Moribund the Burgermeister

One of life’s many disappointments has been the refurbishment of the Walther König Buchhandlung in the Museums Quartier. This has traditionally been one of my first stops whenever I come to Vienna because of the array of interesting and unusual…
Del
November 28, 2016
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Masters of Illusion

Number 30, Wellington Square, SW3 looks like another Chelsea house, but this one is different, for this one was once home to a man, who was a friend of Ian Fleming, and upon whom, allegedly, the character James Bond was…
Del
November 16, 2016
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Passion

Today has been full of passion.  Passion for books (cataloguing and shelving my new purchases) and seeking passion for the novel. Let’s start with the new books and today’s pick from Paris is LNDN by Jens Masmann.  Even without the…
Del
November 14, 2016
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Forgotten Sons

Today is Remembrance Sunday and MisterMac and I have resplendent home-made poppies – thanks Cathryn!  Although the UK acknowledges 11/11 as Armistice Day, we still hold our major ceremonies on the nearest Sunday, unlike the French who hold their National…
Del
November 13, 2016
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Review: Mathematics by Peter Fraser

And to start the Bibliothek series, here’s a review of Mathematics, the wonderfully complex book by Peter Fraser Hon FRPS.  I wrote this for September’s Capital Interest (the ezine from the London Region of the RPS) This book review was originally published…
Del
October 1, 2016
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10 Baustellen

My pick of the week for #PhotobookFriday (11.03.16) in the fabulous Facebook group Flak Photo Books. Looking for inspiration to record the ongoing demolition/remolition site that is London (I woke up one morning to find the local school had just…
Del
March 12, 2016
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Broom, Joachim (2014) Typology 1979

This week’s pick for #photofriday is Joachim Brohm’s Typology 1979. With a nod to the Bechers, Brohm’s volume was only published in 2014, despite having taken the photographs during his student years some thirty-five years earlier. Although photographically peopleless, the…
Del
March 4, 2016