Eccentric London Tube Maps

We could look at these for hours - delightfully droll!
Silly Tube Maps

Oshea and Ogilvie

We needed a laugh - and we think the Sloaney humour of Oshea and Ogilvie will raise your spirits, too.





The duo OSHEA and OGILVIE, http://www.osheaogilvie.co.uk/ based in Exeter, write and perform their own material - sketches, songs, dances and mockumentaries. Their aim is to raise a laugh amongst the nation with their original new show and generally make the country a brighter, happier place; as they say, if you can't laugh in the middle of a double dip recession, when can you. They are available for festivals and other comedy or music events around the country.

Launch Night! is on the 15th Of December...and catch them on radio online ...
http://www.phonic.fm/2011/dynamic-duo-oshea-and-ogilvie-speak-to-paul-gallagher-on-phonic-fm

Horseworld

The charity Horseworld.org.uk does brilliant work in rehabilitating and rehoming horses. You may decide to help them with a donation - or perhaps you have the time and money to adopt one of their animals. "A Sloaney has a Pony..."

Sloanes at Home: Movies online

PeriodxDrama
a channel dedicated to celebrating all films and series set in an historical period.
We enjoy this collection of videos very much and think you will, too.

Occupy Everywhere

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November...
The Guardian has photos of the Occupy Movement Protests"The Church cannot answer peaceful protest with violence"
St. Paul was a tent maker, and the child Jesus could have been born in a camp like these...

Celebrating... Mervyn Peake's Centenary Year

Fuchsia and Steerpike from Gormenghast

Ever a favourite...something uncanny in time for All Hallow's Eve... http://www.mervynpeake.org/
http://mervynpeake.blogspot.com/2011/10/abiatha-swelter-one-of-best.html
These illustrations and many more are included in Mervyn Peake - The Man and His Art available through your bookseller and at Amazon
An audiobook, The History of Titus Groan, is available here

From The Ancient Mariner

Obituary: The Earl of Harewood

George Henry Hubert Lascelles has died, aged 88. May flights of angels sing him to his rest.
The Guardian
The Telegraph


Soprano Josephine Barstow sings "Pace pace mio Dio" from Verdi's "La forza del destino"
This gala was held in 1985 at the London Coliseum, home of English National Opera, to mark the retirement of George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, retiring Chairman of the Board of English National Opera and author/editor of The New Kobbe's Opera Book.