Tom Roper's Weblog"...an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge..." R.B. Sheridan The Rivals, 1775Market Rasen, Newbury and Newmarket- July 19, 2008 It's odd in July to find the most interesting racing over fences, but so it is. Thus today: 205 Market Rasen: Sporazene 220 Newbury: Corryborough 235 Newmarket: Arthur's Girl 325 Newbury: Senor Mirasol 340 Market Rasen: Seymour Weld 430 Newbury:...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/market-rasen-ne.html No knowledge at LSC- July 15, 2008 In an alarming but predictable article in today's Guardian, a TFPL report exposes the lack of co-ordination at the Learning and Skills Council, which controls funding for further education colleges. For those who, like me, work in colleges facing merger,...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/no-knowledge-at.html Ascot, Chester and York- July 12, 2008 A good day's racing, and I could have taken an interest in two races at The Curragh as well, but race card fatigue set in. Chester 225: Beckermet Ascot 255: Cesare York 315: Mutajarred Chester 335: Oldjoesaid York 350: Eastern...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/ascot-chester-a.html Oh no it isn't- July 11, 2008 At 9.05 tonight, though iPhone 2.0 has supposed to have been out for at leat 12 hours.http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/oh-no-it-isnt.html Through a glass darkly- July 11, 2008 By the low-tech method of visiting the London Review Bookshop and browsing, I see that Nigel Jones's life of Patrick Hamilton, Through a Glass Darkly has been republished by Black Spring not Swan as I erroneously wrote. Thanks to Nigel...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/through-a-glass.html The poetry of silence- July 9, 2008 On the recommendation of the nicest and best art historian of the modern epoch, I went to the Royal Academy to see the Vilhelm Hammershi exhibition, The Poetry of Silence. I knew nothing of Hammershi before, but was deeply impressed...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/the-poetry-of-s.html Unacknowledged legislator at the MLA- July 7, 2008 I can find remarkably little comment on the news that Andrew Motion has been appointed chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). I imagine that he will be paid in ready money, rather than in the hogsheads of...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/unacknowledged.html Eclipse Day- July 5, 2008 Today is the day of the race named after the greatest racehorse of the eighteenth century. Painted by Stubbs, and his body dissected by St Bel, founder of the Royal Veterinary College, his skeleton was at one time owned by...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/eclipse-day.html Machines for reading in- July 3, 2008 In his post Bibbly-O-Tek, on his splendid blog, Nasty Brutalist and Short, sometimes known as Sit down man, you're a bloody tragedy, Owen Hatherley discusses library architecture, including Senate House and the British Library, in a way that I wish...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/machines-for-re.html PowerBook Schwrmerei- July 2, 2008 How odd! Twice recently I have been accosted by complete strangers in cafs asking about my laptop. It's a PowerBook G4 12", no longer made, which suggests that Apple are missing something. I bought it for its compactness, the quality...http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/2008/07/powerbook-schwr.html |