tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post8787681923897294661..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: Tuesday Rest Day - Karen - Computertracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-35567926952596894502008-07-23T19:44:00.000+01:002008-07-23T19:44:00.000+01:00It could well be Newcastle Station roof that appea...It could well be Newcastle Station roof that appears every so often in photo exhibitions or it could be York or it could be both. I am a complete Philistine in all railway matters and if you've seen one station roof, you've seen 'em all. I now await howls of protest.<BR/><BR/>The miniature is fascinating, I could look at it many times and see something new on each occasion. But, are the 'end of speed limit' signs reflections in the glass or some kind of symbolism in the painting?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the positive comments on my window pic. I'm pleased it's found favour and pleased it looks like a painting. It is, of course, a digital cyanotype (see blogs <I>passim</I>). I'm not sure which year I visited the Czech Republic; it could have been 2001 or 2002 but I much prefer the blogmeister's 'early years of the Century' phrase.<BR/><BR/>I am being told my dinner's ready.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-50326146563755261722008-07-23T10:51:00.000+01:002008-07-23T10:51:00.000+01:00I found the clip from 'The Dead Poets' Soc...I found the clip from 'The Dead Poets' Society' amazingly touching. I had forgotten how good it is. But ‘Vietnam’ is still my favourite Williams. I couldn’t watch ‘The Fisher King’.<BR/><BR/>Sandra did not much enjoy her trip to the Palace until the G&Ts and champagne on the train home. <BR/>On their cabby’s advice they walked from Trafalgar Square (because of congestion) which did her no favours; the food although elegant was disappointing (nothing to eat from 9.00 am until 7.00 pm apart from one thin sliver of cucumber sandwich and a miniscule scone); there were no official photographers (cameras are forbidden but, in spite of security, some people took them in and were using them); there was very little sign of chamomile (apart from her tea in the Lenny Henry Hotel); the taxi ride back to King’s Cross took an hour because of traffic (they exchanged words with other taxi drivers –“What’s the hold up?” “There’s been a garden party at the Palace,” “Yes, we know,”.<BR/>On the upside, the grounds impressed and Roy had a chat to Camilla, whom, he agreed, is done no favours by photographers.<BR/><BR/>Nothing to do with the above but the following is an extract from my TV paper:<BR/>“(Charles) Wheeler (was) overheard, on a grim tiger-shoot in Peshawar in 1961, referring to the Queen as ‘that bloody woman’. Nicholas Whitchell he wasn’t.”<BR/><BR/>Reg:<BR/><BR/>I am obviously confusing Cuneo with some other artist of the same era (not Frank Wootton). I recall Cuneo’s locos but have never been much interested in trains.<BR/>I too bought myself ‘How to Draw Aircraft’ in my early teens but did not find it of great use as an aid – too structured for me. I may still have it - somewhere. I also had ‘How to Draw Figures’ which taught me the basics of human proportion, eg, head one seventh of the full height – one fifth in the case of a child – eyes and ears halfway down the head, and how to construct 'a body' by drawing a series of cylinders.<BR/><BR/>Newcastle Central is the curved roof I recall; illustrated in an issue of the Architectural Review in the 50s. I remember being impressed with it when on my way to Norway in 1951. I don’t think I’ve ever seen York. The bridges are an essential feature but do not do it for me like those of some continental engineers (eg, Calatrava)).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com