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Sometimes it's too easy to forget just how much there is to discover or revisit in London. Last week I went to a preview of a great exhibition of Hypercomics, which has filled Battersea Park's Pump House Gallery with magical mystery and multi-directional narrative.

A few days ago, I went to tThe Complete History of Food, presented by Bompas & Parr. Despite the fact that the title was a bit of a misnomer (there was nothing "complete" about their history, and, given that it was sponsored by a cognac company, it didn't really feel much like a history of food), it was an entertaining and unusual night out with two of my best pals, Nikki and Billy.

Last week on Tuesday, I went to Bekonscot model village, which was good fun. We got to play at being giants, and admire the marvellous attention to detail in landscaped grounds full of miniature trees, model trains clattering around a railway track, and even animatronic action going on in unexpected corners.

It's hard not to namedrop after going to comics conventions, just as it's easy to forget that in most other entertainment industries it's not as easy to hang out socially with the creators you're a fan of. I take it for granted sometimes, and it's easier to avoid the hero-worship thing once you've had a [...]

The other comics event of the week was anything but lowkey. MCM EXpo is a twice-yearly event in the Docklands, full of cosplayers and hyperactive teenagers, which I wouldn't normally consider going to, were it not for the fact that it's also full of fabulous comics folk and offers up a great opportunity for me [...]

I must apologise. Things have kind of fallen into the moat here at Mondo Towers (NB: this is just a clever turn of phrase. I don't actually have a moat. Or live in a tower). There are lots of things I've neglected to write about lately, possibly because I've been busy actually doing them, but I feel like I should at least mention some of them here. So this is the first of a few (long) catch-up posts. This one's mostly about MORBID DETH and body parts. (I'd like to promise that the others aren't going to be so gruesome — but I can't as at least one other upcoming post is about MORBID DETH too.)

Or possibly my fault, for suggesting the contentious topic of notebooks for discussion at Stationery Club last Tuesday.
I didn't blog about the inaugural meeting of Stationery Club (which you can read about here and here), but I was there, and it was fun, and it was me who suggested that perhaps we could focus [...]

On Sunday evening, chum and whisky-pusher Billy held a whisky-tasting at his flat. I took some notes, so here they are:
#1: Compass Box Hedonism grain whisky.

This one started with a vanilla nose, and smelled quite young initially, but the nose become smoother and rounder the longer it was in the glass. Being a grain [...]

I spent last Saturday exploring two different industrial sites in south London. The first was the big hot ticket, a tour of the Brunel tunnels, open to pedestrians for the first time in almost 150 years. This was a great opportunity to see what was once known as the Eighth Wonder of the World, especially [...]

Last week also marked the end of the Hundred Days project, and there was a gig to celebrate, as part of the London Word Festival.

It was a pretty good gig: three female comedians and a band, with an accompanying exhibition, The Museum of A Hundred Days. Event organiser Josie Long was pretty funny, although [...]