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Happy new year
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Catalan beer in Brighton
Just returned with Mrs Badger from an enjoyable evening at Pintxo People organised by sassygoth24 for the Brighton Meetup Group. Was able to drink Catalan beer (from Moritz) in Brighton, so don't have to go all the way to Barcelona just for the beer! Have brought bottle home and am attacking label with dictionary. -
Cultural mix
Took the plunge and bought a ticket this morning for the Cambridge Greek Play this Saturday. I have wanted to go for years, but it has never quite fitted in before now. There are some interesting mp3 excerpts on their website - again, I've never quite mastered the pitch accent pronunciation of Ancient Greek. The history of Greek pronunciation ( Read more... ) -
From Bibliogoth to work mode
Both of us are struggling to move into work mode as the end of the weekend approaches. Enjoyed discussing Conrad's Secret Agent at bibliogoth this afternoon, and met silkyraven, who was chairing. Unusually, the rail replacement buses were running reasonably well between Brighton and Haywards Heath, and although I find reading on buses can bring on travel sickness I ( Read more... ) -
Brideshead Revisited in Hove
Just returned from an evening in Hove discussing Brideshead Revisited with the Brighton Book Club. It was good to meet sassygoth24 in real life rather than LJ. With the demands of children and moving house, it's been a long time since I actually finished a novel! -
Beer in Brighton (again)
After a cheese hunting expedition to Neal's Yard (some Irish goat, some Sussex sheep and some English Stichelton), I persuaded Mrs Badger by mobile to go for a drink this evening. The rest of the train journey was spent alternately dozing and reading Phil Hine on Condensed Chaos. We met outside the Dover Castle but ended up in the garden of the ( Read more... ) -
Treadwells again (but this time Icelandic magical practice)
I slipped out from an office get together (which I was very much enjoying but it just could not compete with Christina's salon!) to catch the Central Line to the ever amazing treadwells for an evening billed as 'Hell in a Handbasket - a portable summary of demonic conjuration', with a talk ranging over grimoires and magic from the South to the North of ( Read more... ) -
Babalon in Covent Garden (The Red Goddess)
Tonight to treadwells to listen to petergrey from scarletimprint, drink red martinis and buy a copy of Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen, Dave Evans on the recent history of British magic, and the latest Harry Potter. -
Beer and archaeology in Avebury
Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society coach trip to Avebury. Set off with Mrs Badger in good time to walk down the hill to the coach pick up point in Old Steine, but had to run back from the end of the road for my forgotten sunspecs. First stop after the outskirts of Brighton was a service station on the M4 near Reading, where we decided that ( Read more... ) -
Our household becomes larger
Enquiry by elder cub about Yule related movements of younger cub reveals that she is arriving tomorrow and bringing her dog.