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Sophie’s 21st Photos
I’ve just got back from a week in Sweden (more on that in a later post) but it was Sophie’s 21st birthday party last Saturday and it was fabulous! It was held in “arguably the most remote country house in England” a few miles from the Scottish Border; a fabulous house called Stonegarthside Hall near [...]
Bellinzona, Ticino
After my stay in Geneva and my great visit to the Montreux Jazz Festival, it was time to move on. I took a beatiful train journey through Switzerland to Zurich, where I changed trains for the the Cisalpino high speed line through the Swiss Alps to a small town called Bellinzona in the Swiss-Italian canton [...]
Geneva and Montreux
My three days in Geneva have come to an end and it was a great place to start my trip. I know the city back to front so while I did take the time to wander round the lake front and through the Old Town, my stay was more about meeting up with old friends.
I [...]
London-Paris-Geneva
The first leg of my trip is almost over. I was on the 09:26 Eurostar from shiny St Pancras to Gare du Nord and happily arrived early…to be greeted by muggy wet conditions. Ah well, I had not planned on spending any time in Paris this time as I’m saving it for a weekend break [...]
Family server setup
Introduction:
I’ve had a home-built server sitting in my flat for a while now but have never got round to setting it up as much more than a personal networked storage device.
I was then hit by some very strange memory/motherboard problems which cropped up during my exams, so it’s taken me a while to get things [...]
It’s been a while
I last wrote in January which is, quite frankly, appalling. My apologies, if anyone is actually reading this.
A quick rundown of what has been happening since then:
February saw me sit the first set of LPC exams, those relating to my compulsory subjects. I had a week in which to sit exams in Criminal Litigation, Civil [...]
2007 In Review
Predictable this is very late, but my excuse is an unbelievable workload in the run up to final exams in February. Anyway, here goes:
2007 was a year in which I spent a lot of time out of the country, I returned to study, I became single rather suddenly, I have grown even fonder of London [...]
London Soundtrack
So, apart from studying, I’ve decided to make full use of the great collection of gigs in London by going slightly crazy on Ticketmaster. Listed below are the gigs I currently have tickets for. If there’s a (*) after the name, then it means I have a spare ticket…so get in touch!
The Fray & Pete [...]
Back to academia
I’ve just returned from a very relaxing 4 days in Switzerland. We stayed in a mountain-top town called Leukerbad and enjoyed thermal baths, a cable car ride up to c.3000m and lots of good food and wine. We explored the area around Brig in the canton of Valais, known for it’s extremely high amounts of [...]
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Official Teaser
I’m extremely excited about the release of Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass if you are in America). The teaser does not show completely finished CGI rendering, but by the sound of the buzz on various sites, they really wanted to get this out quickly!
