The plan was to spend a week (well, five days) in the library of the Science Fiction Foundation Collection, and, because I'd noted that I've never been to Betty's* and there was an exhibition of Ettys, a couple of days in York could follow, since Liverpool and York are so convenient for each other.** Because it would would be good to get away from ( Read more... )

So Saturday I spent eight and a half hours travelling to spend about four hours in a gallery - which isn't a bad score really. Having recently found First Class cheaper than Standard (to and from Sheffield), I again travelled First, which is tough on principles but softer on the backside, and was only ten pounds more for guaranteed table and wider ( Read more... )

This year's world tour has been brought to you by the letter L ( Read more... )