A look at Second World War Britain invariably with a London slant. The Blitz, The Battle of Britain and wider aspects of the War. The heroes and villains, the leaders, the men and women in the services and the civilians. The machinery, equipment, everyday life and sometimes the offbeat. Thursday, 1 March 2018. But my league team, albeit one from which I am serving a self-imposed exile, is Charlton Athletic.

My comments made on The Guardian website. Friday, February 9, 2018. Unless Labour can somehow rediscover its class credentials throughout Britain without alienating the metropolitan middle class, the Tories will win again. This requires being progressive on tax and social justice, tough on getting British.

Hoping to get a replacement - watch this space. Tuesday, 6 March 2018. John Humpheries House and Leo Computer Centre. John Humphries House in Stockwell Street was the first purpose-built computer centre in Greenwich and the site of a remarkable initiative by local government. Friday, 9 February 2018. The Ghost in the Dome. You see this all goes back to at least 1998 and maybe further back.

A blog about life in general and art in particular. Friday, 16 March 2018. FESTIVAL 15 - Celebrating 15 years of the Hastings Arts Forum. Founded in 2003 by a group of artists and art enthusiasts with a shared commitment to support the visual arts in Hastings and St Leonards and to raise the profile of visual culture in the area. The Forum is now a registered charity and runs two adjoining gallery spaces on the sea front.

After a few stormy nights the strand line is way up along the pebbles. And the sea and river together have created a valley in what is usually solid pebbles. I love the way the bridge is being decorated with odd bits of twine, an anonimous communal creative response. It took about 15 minutes to fill this bucket. how would that work? A Damien Hir.