“Boris” Bikes and Barclays’ Problem with Authority

25 July 2013

London’s rammed with bicycles. Everyone’s on two wheels. It’s fun, cheap, and good for you. Barclays-branded hire bikes are everywhere. But no one thinks of the sponsor when they pick up their wheels: instead, everyone calls them Boris Bikes, after …

There’s No Content Like No Content

15 July 2013

I’m annoyed to see Google’s use of  a Rembrandt self-portrait across their logo today, on the 470th anniversary of his death.     I live a short way from Kenwood House in London, home to one of Rembrandt’s greatest late paintings. …