There has been a big drama lately about the area of land on the corner of Princess Street and Whitworth Street, which is just across the canal from the New Union pub in the gay village.
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I could write a book about my bad experiences with opticians over the past twenty-five years.
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While looking for the film clip of the Abraham Lincoln statue, I discovered this.
The story of a toad that (supposedly) was trapped in a building cornerstone, but was still alive when found 31 years later. This must surely have been the inspiration for the Merrie Melodies cartoon One Froggy Evening?
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Manchester’s wealth was founded on the cotton industry and dependent on slave-grown cotton. But the city was also at the centre of the anti-slavery movement.
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Film-making can be an expensive hobby. Especially if you start to buy professional lights, backgrounds and other accessories.
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The Guardian looks at how print journalists are beginning to use video and asks whether web video could mean a new ‘golden age’ for newspapers.
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Project Gutenberg has 20,000 free out-of-copyright books online. Page By Page Books is also worth a visit.
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For me, the last three Sunday nights on BBC2 have been must-see television. The latest three part documentary by Adam Curtis: The Trap. Followed by Kombat Opera Presents.
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A week ago yesterday I awoke to find I had a large black ‘floater’ in my right eye. It was like a daddy-long-legs at a window. As I moved my eye, it leapt around — sometimes in the opposite direction. It was disturbing… But I wear contact lenses and I thought maybe I had a slight eye infection.
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The illegal invasion and war in Iraq has cost every person in Britain (all sixty million of us) £88 each.
‘The figures were released as MPs protested about the plight of Britain’s NHS hospitals’: The Independent.
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