• Conventions

    Pimlico

    Had a short weekend in London, chilling on the Saturday and then spending Sunday wandering Pimlico. It’s an area I haven’t spent much time in, so it was fun to have a little explore – spent a pound to browse a massive car boot sale, didn’t buy anything but it was still worth it. Visited several charity shops I knew about and found a couple more I hadn’t, and then spent two hours at the Tate Britain. The thing about London museums is that you can visit over and over and not be sure you’ve seen everything you want to,…

  • Conventions

    A Map

    After fiddling around on and off with several opaque map plugins, I’ve finally settled on a simple OSM embed and am working on making a nerdy map, mainly for my pleasure but hopefuly of some use to others, especially with…

  • Food and Drink,  Travel

    Vienna

    We barely had time to unpack from Belfast when we had to leave for Vienna. Poor us! John had a work conference to attend, so for him it was not pure leisure, but I was just along for the ride…

  • Art,  Conventions,  Fandom,  Travel

    Belfast: The Sights

    When Belfast was announced as the Eastercon 2025 location, we were excited about getting to explore the city and maybe do some more general touristing. I had never been to Northern Ireland at all, and of course the Giants Causeway…

  • Conventions

    Belfast: The Eastercon

    It is always tricky to decide which day to arrive and how long to stay for a convention, especially when its in a place you want to explore. Aside from the obvious considerations around money and time, you have to…

  • Conventions

    Belfast: Good Eats, Great Drinks

    We had the very great luck of booking at the Bullit Hotel, about and eight minute walk from the ICC and Hilton where the convention was taking place. Obviously there is always a risk of being off-site leading to missing…

  • Conventions

    Belfast Eastercon and so much more.

    in order to do justice to our wonderful time in Northern Ireland, I think it is best to split my con report into three parts covering the city, the food and drink, and the convention separately. There will be overlap,…

  • Art,  Conventions,  Fandom,  Travel

    Hugo Finalist

    The list is out and I’m delighted to be on there for fan artist again, along with a really solid roster. Most of the categories look really strong, and even some of the ones I usually pass over (out of…

  • Newcastle

    The Farrell Centre

    On Saturday we popped into town to The Farrell Centre to check out their Concrete Dream exhibition, which looks at the big urban planning projects of the 1960s and 70s in Tyneside. Side by side with Brasilia of the North…

  • Fandom,  SFF

    Got my noms in!

    I started filling out the form last week, so I shouldn’t be up late trying to get a tiny bit more reading/reasearching in but of course I am. Every year I saw next year will be the one where I…