Whatever this remarkable tonic was is now, alas, lost to history. (In Regent Square.)
Month: October 2014
The Maze Runner movie review: a terrible feeling of deja vu
Bland and generic beyond the small pleasures of its theme-park-ride-esque thrills and its half-intriguing, half-infuriating mystery.
London photo: clowns to watch you drink in the pub
At The Queens Larder, on Queen Square near Russell Square: Clowns. Looking down on you as you imbibe. Or perhaps to drive you to drink.
’71 movie review (London Film Festival)
Remember this name: Jack O’Connell. He is magnificent in one of the most remarkable portraits of soldiering in recent memory.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day movie review: not terrible
It’s strictly for kids, this very silly, mostly sweet tale of middle-school angst, with a few nonconformist hand grenades tossed in for good measure.
London photos: Ian Fleming’s James Bond book bench
Charity venture Books about Town placed 50 benches in the shape of giant books and painted to commemorate all sorts of great British writers around London this summer. The benches were auctioned off this evening. See Books about Town for more info.
I’ve saved my favorite bench for last: the one dedicated to Ian Fleming’s books about James Bond. (Click here for a larger version of the front.)
A closeup of one section of the front:
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And another section of the front:
The back:
Side view:
London photos: Michael Bond’s Paddington Bear book bench
Charity venture Books about Town placed 50 benches in the shape of giant books and painted to commemorate all sorts of great British writers around London this summer. They’ve just come off display, and will be auctioned off on October 7th. See Books about Town for more info.
This is the bench dedicated to Michael Bond’s books about Paddington Bear. (Click here for a larger version of the front.)
And the back, which reveals that this bench (alone among those I saw, though I didn’t see all 50 of them) actually uses the bench motif in a sort of trompe l’oeil way:
(Click here for a larger version.)
This bench was, oddly, nowhere near Paddington Station.
crowdfunding the Doctor Puppet 2014 Christmas special
Let’s help puppeteer and filmmaker Alisa Stern reach her goal! (This post is not behind the paywall.)
Doctor Who blogging: “Kill the Moon”
And then there was the week when Doctor Who threw an MRA-esque tantrum about abortion.
London photos: Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations book bench
Charity venture Books about Town placed 50 benches in the shape of giant books and painted to commemorate all sorts of great British writers around London this summer. They’ve just come off display, and will be auctioned off on October 7th. See Books about Town for more info.
This is the bench dedicated to Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. (Click here for a larger version of the front.)
A closeup of a section of the front:
(Click here for a larger version.)
And the back:
(Click here for a larger version.)
