February 2007
Monthly Archive
War and Oil
Posted by Suzi on 26 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Blog post
The anti war demo went ahead on Saturday. Thousands of protestors obediently marched through London and congregated in Trafalgar Square. Check out the stop the war website for more information. I haven’t noticed that the war has stopped.
I also visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year which is hosted by the Natural History Museum and sponsored somewhat ironically by Shell. The photos where pretty good and showed no signs of the recent protest. Shell is a well known culprit in terms of environmental destruction. One particularly noted abuse was in Nigeria where Shell caused massive pollution. Protest was silenced by the Nigerian government and protesters executed – among them Ken Saro-Wiwa. You can find out more information here or by searching on the web.
And here is a link…
Posted by Suzi on 18 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Blog post
Ahh back in Norwich! Would like to say I spent an edifying weekend in London but I don’t think I did anything culturally substantial. The closest thing to educational I got was reading through some Open University stuff. Everyone should enrol on an OU course as they are amazingly comprehensive and one gets a real sense of achievement working through the books and completing the tasks!
Keyvan is back from Germany so hopefully he will put up some of his excellent photos soon. In the meantime here is a link to a photo compilation video with some beautiful photos. Play i-spy to find Keyvan’s photos!
Bath
Posted by Suzi on 14 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Blog post
I’m in Bath at the moment. It’s really a lovely city. The Bath Spa Campus is also delightful – an old house complete with follies being used by a university. It seems like a lovely place to study. As well a wandering around the lake, drinking in the snowbells and pseudo medieval buildings, I’ve been sightseeing with my Mum and absorbing in the strangely static 18th Century town. It’s a shame that the buildings are being defiled with pollution from all the cars but other than that a lot of the town has been remarkably conserved. Visited the Pump room yesterday, in order to drink tea, listen to classical musicians and peep out the roman ruin encased source of one of the hot springs and Baths wealth.
There is quite a lot to see in Bath, unfortunately some of it requires money so we’re trying to squeeze in as much freeness as possible. We’ve already had a look at the Victoria Art Gallery, which is well worth a visit as there is a small but good collection of art there. We’ve taken in the Circus and the Royal Crescent and the countless C18th roads as well as a resorted Georgian Garden and hope to see all the other main sights but the end of tomorrow!!
Must dash off as it’s a lovely day outside!