December 2007 - Posts

19 December 2007
So, here it is ...

But what is it exactly? A religious festival built around the story of Jesus and Mary - well yes, for practising Christians but not for the rest of us; although something vestigial always stirs when I put on my album of Christmas carols and the Huddersfield Read More...

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18 December 2007
Points of view

It's harder than it looks, this blogging malarkey. I write essays, you tell me you want entertainment. I try to be amusing; you tell me I'm being egotistical. I offer my whimsical side; you tell me I can't do whimsy. But then people tell me that the great Read More...

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14 December 2007
Modern Railways

Originally, of course, it was called Trains illustrated but unification between the traditional steam era and the new diesel-electric age led to rebranding and an updated magazine title - Modern railways. Is there a tortuous parallel to be drawn here, Read More...

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13 December 2007
Dutch double

IFLA has its headquarters in The Hague - a small suite of offices provided (without charge) by the Royal Library, conveniently sited just round the corner from Den Haag Centraal railway station - with fast and frequent trains to Schiphol airport, as the Read More...

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11 December 2007
On international duty

In The Hague last week for meetings of IFLA's Executive Committee and Governing Board. I only got involved with IFLA - the International Federation of Library Authorities and Institutions - when I got the job at Ridgmount Street; until then, IFLA hadn't Read More...

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