http://mondoagogo.com/blog cultural magpie Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:33:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the nice things about attending the Hypercomics preview in Battersea Park was coming across one of my favourite little-known spots in London bathed in golden hour sunlight, which might possibly be the best time to see it. This spot is what remains of the Festival of Britain Pleasure ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/31/golden-hours-in-the-pleasure-gardens/ Dagenham Dock is probably not the first destination that springs to mind when you're deciding where to spend a Sunday afternoon, but that's where I ended up a couple of weekends ago, with my friend, David. I'd wanted to visit Barking & Dagenham as part of my project to photograph ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/24/must-be-barking/ 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. There are strange deer-like creatures dancing on windows, blood-red masks, choose-your-own-adventure comic strips, and a comical-medical library of London, full of fake ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/17/multidirectional-multimedia/ Even though I didn't get to Brighton last week, I did go to Bognor Regis on Saturday. It's not the most exciting place in the world to visit, and there was probably a lot more going on down the coast in Brighton, where Pride was taking place, but Bognor has ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/11/another-weekend-another-seaside-town/ Last weeek I was supposed to go to Brighton for the day. I'd planned to attend a sewer tour with the Brighton Flickr group, and hoped to see the Charley Harper exhibition and had booked an advance train ticket to save money (less than a tenner instead of over twenty ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/11/collage-workshop-funs/ So, it turns out my domain name expires tomorrow (August 3rd) -- I thought I had another week to get it sorted out. And what should be a simple matter of direct debit is proving a problem because I had my card replaced at the start of the year and ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/02/i-might-just-disappear/ A couple of weeks ago, I went to Mayfield Lavender Farm in Banstead. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this part of England was the centre of the world's lavender production, before urbanisation and cheap French imports did for it, so it's nice to have some back again in the ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/08/02/a-visit-to-mayfield/ One good thing about the Shabby Seaside Appreciation Society us that it gives me a good excuse to finally get around to visiting loads of places I've been meaning to see for ages. A couple of weekends ago, I jumped on a train to Southend on a gloriously sunny day ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/07/25/sunny%c2%a0sarfend/ A few days ago, I went to The 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 ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/07/19/a-brief-history-of-british-food/ Any time you hear mention of Arundel, people always mention the castle, but it's possible to have a lovely day there without once stepping foot inside the castle grounds. If you walk up the hill, follow the wall around, past the strange little ornamented wooden building... ...and past the cathedral, ... http://mondoagogo.com/blog/2010/07/14/a-roam-around-arundel/