I've recently found this website, Grammarphobia, which I would like to devour all of, including their published books too. Being what you might call a pedant aspirant when it comes to grammar and correct use of idiom, I cannot rate the service Patricia and Stewart provide highly enough. I found the website while looking for … Continue reading Grammarphobia & Comic →

Whilst we are on our slightly odd six-week work "holiday" on Eastcheap, I wanted to make sure I visited the area as well as I could reasonably manage. It's odd, as I've been to this area on occasion over the years, but don't feel I know it at all. A stone's throw from Moorgate and … Continue reading London Mithraeum →

I'd heard about an exhibition involving Aubrey Beardsley via an Art Fund email. This was taking place at the Heath Robinson Museum, which is located in Pinner - a short hop on Jubilee and Metropolitan for me. The museum sits in Pinner Memorial Park which is rather lovely. It is only open Thursday-Sunday, 11am-4pm, so … Continue reading Beardsley Generation at the Heath Robinson Museum →

The reason I needed to be in central London by 1.30pm was because I had an exam scheduled. I wanted to do at least a little bit over my six week break which was related to my day job, although not something I directly do or am responsible for. As I'm the Privacy guy at … Continue reading Cybersecurity Exam →

I spent two days this week on a St John Ambulance Paediatric First Aid course. This is pretty reasonable on the simple grounds of being a parent of young children, but I also have a germ of an idea of hiring out a room at the local library on a Sunday morning sometime as a … Continue reading First Aid Qualification →