Web design
The Elmcroft Associates website is now online and working! Hoo-ray!
Month: November 2004
Destination: MORGUE!
I am currently reading the latest from my all-time favourite author, James Ellroy. It’s a collection of essays and autobiographical pieces, as well as three novellas. It is (obviously) brilliant. I am currently putting together a fairloy lengthy Palimpsest post on Ellroy and his work, and the Wikipedia entry for him is rather sparse, so … Keep reading
Two new books
I had a look round the Kingo branch of ‘The Works’ (which the carrier bag claims has the website www.theworks.gb.com) today. They seem to stock mainly remaindered stuff, but I got an Ian Rankine three novel omnibus for £4.99 and a volume of 2 Carl Hiaasen novels (Sick Puppy and Skin Tight) for £1.99. Bargain! … Keep reading
Norfolk Scrutiny Conference
The report I wrote about the Norfolk Scrutiny Conference last week can be found on the Centre for Public Scrutiny website here. Next stop for it will be the Local Government Chronicle and the Scrutiny Champions’ Bullettin. How exciting!
Some not-very-recent reading
Read these yonks ago, but never got round to posting anything on them… A Brief History of the Future – John Naughton This is an excellent study of the origins of the internet, by academic and journalist John Naughton, whose Observer column (go to The Observer site and search on his name, or try his … Keep reading