mjiko Vox 2008-07-26T12:23:41Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e62b046be2b/ life south of the river What Makes Sammy Run? tag:vox.com,2008-07-26:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b0100a7ebf471000e 2008-07-26T12:21:13Z 2008-07-26T12:23:41Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

What Makes Sammy Run?

When my grandparents moved out of their house, I inherited some of their paperback books, including this one with some awesome cover art... The book isn't nearly as racy as the pulp fiction type cover suggests, and it's actually a really good ...

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]]> Crystal Palace Jurassic tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b0100a7e9b51f000e 2008-07-18T21:07:33Z 2008-07-18T21:07:33Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Crystal Palace dinosaurs

Robin Hood gardens didn't get listed, so the demolition ball swings closer... But here are some lumps of concrete that are grade 1 listed, and quite right too. Created in 1854, they were the first ever life size dinosaur sculptures

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]]> What I done red tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b0100a7e9b436000e 2008-07-18T20:45:46Z 2008-07-18T20:50:12Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Minotaur The Razor's Edge Shalimar the Clown Burn Marks The Blind Assassin: A Novel Bleeding Kansas

Given the paucity of recent posting, I haven't been updating my online reading record. No gold star for me. here's what I've read in the past few months The Minotaur - Barbara Vine: Unthrilling thriller. Completely predictable and not particula...

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]]> Robin Hood Gardens tag:vox.com,2008-06-29:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00fa96838a190003 2008-06-29T21:31:15Z 2008-06-29T21:31:15Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Robin Hood 2 Robin Hood bw

Tear it down or save it? Easy for architectural buffs to claim it's an important part of our architectural history when they don't have to live there I suppose...

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]]> New home, new job, new job tag:vox.com,2008-06-29:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00fa968389000003 2008-06-29T21:13:30Z 2008-07-01T11:22:53Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

P1010017

So many new things since Easter! I moved into my new flat in April, and was without internet for quite a while, hence the lack of posts. The flat's really great, and there's loads of room especially in the living room which is really big. It's so...

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]]> Snow tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00f48d06366a0001 2008-03-24T12:39:39Z 2008-03-24T12:39:39Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Easter Snow

The first proper snow of the winter comes on Easter Sunday. Got to be something to do with climate change innit

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]]> The Dean's December tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00e398e91f2e0005 2008-03-24T12:25:44Z 2008-03-24T12:28:27Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Dean's December

One of my favourite songs is Saul Bellow by Sufjan Stevens, from his Illinois outtakes album Avalanche. For me, it's a song that invokes the University of Chicago - "Get in solid walls with the know-it-alls; Get in trouble with Saul Bellow" - and ...

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]]> Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00f48d0632890001 2008-03-24T11:38:40Z 2008-03-24T11:40:46Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel

Well, so much for resolving to write more... Have been a bit busy with college, with my business law exam a few weeks ago, which seemed to go okay, although I wouldn't want to count my chickens before they're whatever. Have now started my first el...

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]]> Diary of a Madman tag:vox.com,2008-02-24:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00e398dfcf4e0005 2008-02-24T14:24:34Z 2008-02-24T14:31:55Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)

I don't know why, I haven't written for ages. Not much to say I suppose. Well, I'll try and rectify that by dashing off a few posts today. The other week I heard a really cool reading of Nikolai Gogol's Diary of a Madman on BBC Radio 7. It was fr...

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]]> Exit Ghost tag:vox.com,2008-01-20:asset-6a00d09e62b046be2b00e398d44d3a0003 2008-01-20T14:34:17Z 2008-01-27T11:58:14Z mjiko http://mjiko.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Exit Ghost

2007 was a year of literary departures, as Harry Potter, Inspector Rebus and Nathan Zuckerman all featured in their last ever books. Although Zuckerman, like Potter, doesn't actually die at the end of Exit Ghost (the Guardian's digested digested ...

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