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Gaming the Heist Movies
Monday, August 10th, 2015You’re Only Supposed to Blow the Bloody Doors Off appeared in Valkyrie Quarterly issue 25. I’m posting the original article online but I plan on adding to it and expanding it.
Oriel Chambers
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015The Oriel Chambers by Peter Elis completed in 1864 was the first building anywhere in the world to feature a metal framed glass curtain wall. It and 16 Cook Street are the only known building by Elis.
The World’s Loose Leaf album of Apartment Houses
Monday, August 3rd, 2015I found the online version at the New York Library Digital Archive of “The World’s Loose Leaf album of Apartment Houses” (New York World in March 1910) hard to work with. So I’ve compiled the highest resolution scans into a PDF for ease of use. It includes a map of the area around central park, […]
Ant-man Review
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015I was a little nervous about Ant-man. While I tend to avoid reviews I’d seen some comments about it having a lighter tone than other Marvel films with more comedy in a bad way. I didn’t need to be nervous. There are funny moments in Ant-man but this remains a Marvel film in the same […]
Role Playing the Movies
Friday, July 31st, 2015Obviously there are RPGs that are licenced from movies. Others often borrow (and sometimes outright steal) from movies, TVs and books then file off the serial numbers. I’ve a couple of posts on borrowing inspiration from particular movies in the past and I always intend to write more so to chivvy myself along I’ve decided […]
Serpentine Pavilion 2015 Gallery
Wednesday, July 29th, 2015I took far too many photographs of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by selgascano. This one seems a lot more fragile than previous pavilions and it was being repaired at least twice on the three times I visited. But these Pavilions are temporary so its more appropriate in a way than some of the heavyweight, […]
1930s Film Star Portraits
Monday, July 27th, 2015I had an email asking about where I found the illustrations I used on the Bookhounds of MI5 so I’ve pulled them all together into a collection and added it to my Trail of Cthulhu resources page. And in case you’ve missed it the poll on how I should post RPG resources like this is […]
Bookhounds + MI5
Saturday, July 25th, 2015Posted a new page last night of ideas for adding MI5 to a Bookhounds of London campaign which I inventivelly called Bookhounds of MI5. All the stats are for Trail of Cthulhu.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2015 Teaser (Almost Wordless Wednesday 41)
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015I’m still working through the pictures I took of this years Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (down to 62 pictures so far). But I like this one so I thought I’d post it today.
Mayas: revelation of an endless time
Saturday, July 18th, 2015I went to the excellent, free exhibition Mayas: revelation of an endless time at the World Museum in Liverpool today for a second visit. There are 385 Mayan artefacts covering the period from 250 to 1250AD. I needed a second visit having nipped in on a lunch break the week it opened not knowing what […]