Sooo much to post about…
I’ve railed against our electoral system before but tomorrow there is a chance for real change within this country—it’s just possible your vote could make more of a difference than usual.
It’s important to remember that a party you vote for doesn’t have to align with your position on every issue—that’s never going to happen. The heart of it just has to be as close as possible. And, frankly, it’s hard to see any heart within the incumbents. So—Get the Tories out. And if you think it will make no difference, just remember the shit we’re in now, they’ve had twelve years creating.
It’s not often that you get to walk through tunnels below the streets of London, especially ones which were never used as a passenger service. But Heather and I did just that below the hill of Mount Pleasant, on an evening visit to Mail Rail.
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Can it really be since we visited Bluebell Railway? That seems far too long, so it was with pleasure Heather and I went down with Faith and Dylan to a special Road Meets Rail steam day.
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Now that I’ve caught up on Newcastle, and given my sluggishness we’ve past the photo embargo time by some weeks, I can catchup with a preview visit to the British Museum‘s latest exhibition, Michelangelo: The Last Decades.
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Half a talking doll
Having just visited I’m a bit sad to hear that the Secret Life Of The Home gallery at The Science Museum is to close. While, as I noted, it may be a bit dated it’s one of the better areas in that it’s full of actual objects—and actually does a pretty good job of showing the development of the technology that we actually interact with through the ages. Just reading that blog shows what may be one problem with it—the rest of the galleries mentioned all have a nice little sponsor name attached; the Secret… gallery feels like a throw back to an earlier age when the money concern wasn’t as great as the telling a story concern.
Vaccuum cleaners of the past
Apparently the objects will be moved to the Science and Innovation Park, somewhere near Swindon but looking at the location one hell of a lot harder to reach by sustainable transport than central London (I suppose if it actually turns out to be accessible to those without a car, then alongside STEAM it might actually give a reason to go to Swindon). I hope they keep the automated door at the Science Museum proper, to welcome a few more million visitors.