This is very charming in itself (and occurred on a road I often drive down), but I put it here because the combination of an escaped horse and a string quartet is so very, very Fire and Hemlock. Needless to say, the quartet are travelling in the direction of Bristol, or possibly as far as Burnt Norton ( Read more... )

Living in two times at once is a common experience, right? I mean, it’s not just me? I hope not, or this post will look kind of weird - or weirder than it would have.

I first saw Madoka earlier this year, having stumbled across the DVD. Living in the UK, where Crunchyroll is unheard of (except in bakeries), I don’t think I could have watched when ( Read more... )

Being naturally cautious, I feel I ought to listen to my daimon when it urges me, as it occasionally does, to take a bold or uncharacteristic step. Nevertheless, I may live to regret this one ( Read more... )

I was intending to do a full report on the Diana Wynne Jones celebration on Sunday, but I didn't have a moment until today, by which time of course there are several excellent accounts already out there, such as these two by gillo, and this by Cheryl Morgan. I will also be doing a brief account tomorrow over at The Awfully Big Blog Adventure. So these ( Read more... )

This is by way of a signal boost, to let anyone who may be interested know that there are now more details of the Diana Wynne Jones Celebration, due to take place on April 22nd in Bristol, here. In particular, this site gives directions on how to reach the venue from pretty much any direction, and by most modes of transport other than airship ( ( Read more... )

I suspect that most of the people on my friends list who would wish to know about this already do so, and I beg their pardons, but this is by way of a signal boost ( Read more... )

To cheer myself up, I unearthed some pictures that I took back in 2005, when I arranged a pre-birthday treat for Diana by giving her a picnic in Castle Park. This was followed by a trip in the tethered balloon that used to summer there. The light was wonderful, the balloon had a touch of Miyazaki, and we had great views of the bombed-out church, ( Read more... )

Very sad to hear of the death of Diana Wynne Jones this morning ( Read more... )