Waverley

Whilst I was wandering between galleries a couple of weeks, I cut through Waverley Station. I must have been feeling inspired, since I stopped to look at the building and take some photographs.

I like Waverley; it sits between the Old and New Towns, in the site of a drained loch. Trains leave to the east (all the way to London) and the west (Glasgow). It feels connected. It isn’t a terminus – it isn’t the end of the line.

I took some photographs of the architecture, of course – the arches and the shapes.

I stopped by the war memorial. Despite going past this many, many times, I don’t think I had ever looked at it before. War memorials always make me feel sad: all that is left is a list of names. Perhaps I am just getting sentimental.

Waverley

Whilst I was wandering between galleries a couple of weeks, I cut through Waverley Station. I must have been feeling inspired, since I stopped to look at the building and take some photographs.

I like Waverley; it sits between the Old and New Towns, in the site of a drained loch. Trains leave to the east (all the way to London) and the west (Glasgow). It feels connected. It isn’t a terminus – it isn’t the end of the line.

I took some photographs of the architecture, of course – the arches and the shapes.

I stopped by the war memorial. Despite going past this many, many times, I don’t think I had ever looked at it before. War memorials always make me feel sad: all that is left is a list of names. Perhaps I am just getting sentimental.

And now - Glasgow Queen Street!

To add a little balance to my last post, here are some pictures I took of the fine arched roof of Glasgow Queen Street station a few weeks ago…

( Pictures here! )

And now - Glasgow Queen Street!

To add a little balance to my last post, here are some pictures I took of the fine arched roof of Glasgow Queen Street station a few weeks ago…

( Pictures here! )

BBC iPlayer: designed by Spinal Tap!

I have been listening to a couple of radio programmes on BBC’s iPlayer this afternoon.

The radio iPlayer is a little different to the tv version.

For one thing, it was designed by Spinal Tap.

The volume control goes up to 11 – that little bit louder.

BBC iPlayer: designed by Spinal Tap!

I have been listening to a couple of radio programmes on BBC’s iPlayer this afternoon.

The radio iPlayer is a little different to the tv version.

For one thing, it was designed by Spinal Tap.

The volume control goes up to 11 – that little bit louder.

What I listened to this afternoon...

I listened to two radio programmes on the BBC iPlayer this afternoon.

The first was the second part of Ben Goldacre’s investigation into the placebo effect. This series has been really fascinating – in this programme, Goldacre considers the ethics of placebos and their place in contemporary and alternative medicine. You can hear the programme here until next Monday evening (1 September 2008).

By chance – because the BBC leaves a little bit of the continuity announcer after the main programme when it transfer them to iPlayer – I was prompted to listen to the next programme on Radio 4 last Monday, by about the Stanford prison experiment. This is quite a famous – and controversial – psychology experiment in which students were given roles as “prisoners” and “guards” in a mock prison. This investigation talks to the many of the people involved in the experiment and the effect it had. You can hear the programme here until next Monday evening (1 September 2008).

What I listened to this afternoon...

I listened to two radio programmes on the BBC iPlayer this afternoon.

The first was the second part of Ben Goldacre’s investigation into the placebo effect. This series has been really fascinating – in this programme, Goldacre considers the ethics of placebos and their place in contemporary and alternative medicine. You can hear the programme here until next Monday evening (1 September 2008).

By chance – because the BBC leaves a little bit of the continuity announcer after the main programme when it transfer them to iPlayer – I was prompted to listen to the next programme on Radio 4 last Monday, by about the Stanford prison experiment. This is quite a famous – and controversial – psychology experiment in which students were given roles as “prisoners” and “guards” in a mock prison. This investigation talks to the many of the people involved in the experiment and the effect it had. You can hear the programme here until next Monday evening (1 September 2008).