Hah, so it turns out even attending virtually, and not especially intensely, the post-convention fog is real. Day Two Virtual Worldcon This was my busiest day for panels. First off was Food and Fantasy, with …
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Virtual Worldcon Day One and a Half
What with timezones, and having posted in my afternoon yesteday, the timeline gets fuzzy. That said, yesterday’s total ended up being two panels and the bid session. The first reading didn’t happen – I think …
Walking the Wall
John and I have been talking about walking the the Hadrian’s Wall path for a while now. It’s a big part of the local history, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and just kind of a …
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 …
Start as you mean to continue?
Gosh I hope not, as we are just emerging from bug we caught over the holidays and which laid us out for the better part of two weeks. A brief outing on NYE under the …
Late Shows Ouseburn
One of the cool things about this city is the extensive creative scene, too much to keep track of really. Once a year the Late Shows serves as a sort of art crawl/city exploration where …