http://www.dreamingfreedom.net A small corner of the web that's just for me! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:03:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike and I walked along the waterlogged path to the FitzWilliam - I just can't get enough of the place. I can get enough of this rain though. It's been raining for about a week now and today the river was high and muddy. Parts of the river bank near ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2010/02/furse-and-white-charm-the-audience-at-the-fitz/ This morning I cycled into the centre past the rowers on the river. It’s the most energising thing to see people enthusiastically trying to bump each other while their supporters on the banks yell advice. Despite the wet changeable weather the rowers stoically rowed all day and where still at ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2010/02/sargent-sickert-and-spencer-at-the-fitz/ Finally, after over a year of avoiding hairdressers and all things related, I braved the fear of having my locks tampered with and went to Al Couture and all my fears melted away in the hands of such professionals. I admit I usually only go to hairdressers who charge a ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2010/01/al-couture/ K and I are in London and have just been to the V&A to see the Decode: Digital Design Sensations exhibtion. I was very impressed by the stuff on display and had great fun throwing my arms about which most of the exhibts seemed to demand. Despite it being digital ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/12/decode-digital-design-sensations-at-the-va/ On Thursday night the most amazing snow fell and in the morning we woke up to the Christmas card snow scene. It is a powdery, sparkling kind of snow that is fantastic to look at but pretty tough to cycle to work through. Of course when we got to work ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/12/it-will-be-all-white-on-the-night/ It's been a Christmassy week. I have brought and wrapped a million useful or edible items as presents and sought out a Christmas tree and carried it back on my bike to the flat where it is now tastefully decorated with fairy lights and a little baked dough angel that ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/12/christmas-is-a-coming/ I spent the evening at the Romsey Labour Club on Mill Road at an evening of music and comedy organized by Cambridge and District Trades Council. I confess I was mainly drawn there by Andy Higson's stand up comedy routine. This the second time this week I have had the ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/12/andy-higson-up-and-coming-cambridge-stand-up-comedian/ I cycled along the tow path into Cambridge just for fun today and it's so much nicer when you're not on your way to work. I went to the FitzWilliam to go to the lunchtime concert. Today Samuel Queen was singing and Stephen Rose was playing the piano. Queen has ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/11/samuel-queen-at-the-fitzwilliam/ It's been a busy week. Wednesday saw me at the public lecture at the Institute of Astronomy. It was a fairly clear night so we got a chance to do some public observing. Both the large telescopes were trained on the moon and there was a much smaller one trained ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/11/places-to-eat-and-places-to-be/ It was extremely interesting hearing Ariane Sherine - talk about the Atheist Bus Campaign that she created last year. It's always inspiring to hear about people who make a bit of a splash. The campaign was really encouraging for a lot of atheists out there and it's great to see ... http://www.dreamingfreedom.net/2009/11/please-dont-lable-me/