2015 – Page 8 – Postcards

Beamtenbagger

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 No Comments

Germany and the “civil servant excavators” – the Paternoster lift: Jumping on to one recently with all the prowess of a veteran rider, the editor in chief of the Berlin-based leftwing paper Neues Deutschland referred to the juddering metal cage as “the socialist among elevators”. Together with a slim camera man, Tom Strohschneider squeezes into […]

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Arts Do Not Adjust Your Set Just for Laughs

Change changes

August 17, 2015August 17, 2015 No Comments

A colleague mentioned change and this video from the last general election coverage by RTE’s ‘The Eleventh Hour’ popped into my head. Apropos the upcoming election, best comment: “if only the government was as good as this video”

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Arts Films Sounds

Friday Afternoon: The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer

August 14, 2015 No Comments

I haven’t listened to the Cardigans in a while, so here’s one from 2005’s Super Extra Gravity. Some fine wine would go down well this evening… And you, you need to be nicer…

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Photography

Alone on a hill

August 14, 2015August 20, 2015 No Comments

Abandoned stone cottage, all alone on a hill, Aughrus Penisula, Connemara, Summer 2015.

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Advertising Arts History Photography Places & Travel

Five Old Ways

August 14, 2015August 20, 2015 No Comments

Charming old tourism poster spotted in the Railway Bar, Clifden:

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Health

Beneficial Effects

August 14, 2015 No Comments

Some good news: Stillbirths have dropped by almost 8% in England since the smoking ban was introduced, research has shown.The number of babies dying shortly after birth has also dropped by almost 8%, according to the study. A team led by Edinburgh University looked at information on more than 10 million births in England between […]

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Cities for People Cycling

‘If there aren’t as many women cycling as men … you need better infrastructure’

August 13, 2015 No Comments

London is not alone in lacking gender parity in cycling. Sustainable transport consultant Alix Stredwick quotes 2008 research by the Department for Transport showing that UK-wide, women make 27% of cycle journeys, just ahead of the US at 25%, but below Canada at 30% – and in a different league entirely to Germany at 49%, […]

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Cycling

The real dangers

August 13, 2015 No Comments

Damien Ó Tuama in the Irish Times, responds well to their recent variable-quality series on cycling and road deaths: Policing and road safety efforts must be weighted towards slowing down motorised vehicles. This is particularly pertinent given that an increasing proportion of newly registered cars are sports utility vehicles (SUVs), with greater masses, wider bodies, higher front […]

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Aircraft & Flying

515 days later

August 5, 2015August 6, 2015 No Comments

Finally, something: “Debris confirmed as coming from Flight MH370” http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0805/719398-mh370/ Still hard to believe an entire aircraft can vanish in this day and age, but it’s easy to forget just how big the oceans really are.

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Arts Sounds

Friday Afternoon: Roses In The Hospital – Manic Street Preachers

July 31, 2015 No Comments

“We don’t want your fucking love”

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Who?

Murf

Beamtenbagger

Change changes

Friday Afternoon: The Cardigans – I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer

Alone on a hill

Five Old Ways

Beneficial Effects

‘If there aren’t as many women cycling as men … you need better infrastructure’

The real dangers

515 days later

Friday Afternoon: Roses In The Hospital – Manic Street Preachers

Year: 2015