Edinburgh Festival Art shows

The Edinburgh Festival finishes in early September, but the major art exhibitions run on until late October; as usual, I left it to the very last moment to catch some of the exhibitions (except one, which I saw back in July - either early or late!).

There were four big shows at the National Galleries; I adored one, loathed one, and found the other two interesting although flawed.

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Edinburgh Festival Art shows

The Edinburgh Festival finishes in early September, but the major art exhibitions run on until late October; as usual, I left it to the very last moment to catch some of the exhibitions (except one, which I saw back in July - either early or late!).

There were four big shows at the National Galleries; I adored one, loathed one, and found the other two interesting although flawed.

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Blogging - an addendum!

One of the other things Mark Fletcher said in his talk was that the more you link to people, the more they link back - and hence you can build your audience, because people trawling through those blogs will pick up on you (as long as what you say is pertinent and inteliigent - natch!).

Also, he reckoned that it made a lot of sense to search blogs for your own name - he does, with an RSS-enabled blogsearch, so presumably it just shows up on his RSS feed. So I am just waiting for him to drop by here...

Blogging - an addendum!

One of the other things Mark Fletcher said in his talk was that the more you link to people, the more they link back - and hence you can build your audience, because people trawling through those blogs will pick up on you (as long as what you say is pertinent and inteliigent - natch!).

Also, he reckoned that it made a lot of sense to search blogs for your own name - he does, with an RSS-enabled blogsearch, so presumably it just shows up on his RSS feed. So I am just waiting for him to drop by here...

Eurostar Pedantry...

This morning on Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland, they interviewed Simon Calder, the Independent's travel writer, about an article in today's paper on the new St Pancras station, and what it means for travel within Britain.

During the interview, either Calder or the GMS team (I can't remember who) said the fast rail link both "redraws the map of Europe" and "brings [Europe] closer to London".

I am pleased to say that neither of these things happened. The Channel is safe - Paris hasn't suddenly been dumped nearer Kent; and the maps are the same - though I guess someone may need to redraw the OS maps of south east England to include the new rail line. And it will take less time to get to Paris.

I must remember to visit the redeveloped St Pancras - the photos look wonderful.

Eurostar Pedantry...

This morning on Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland, they interviewed Simon Calder, the Independent's travel writer, about an article in today's paper on the new St Pancras station, and what it means for travel within Britain.

During the interview, either Calder or the GMS team (I can't remember who) said the fast rail link both "redraws the map of Europe" and "brings [Europe] closer to London".

I am pleased to say that neither of these things happened. The Channel is safe - Paris hasn't suddenly been dumped nearer Kent; and the maps are the same - though I guess someone may need to redraw the OS maps of south east England to include the new rail line. And it will take less time to get to Paris.

I must remember to visit the redeveloped St Pancras - the photos look wonderful.