The Roman aqueduct in Segovia compels: "They Were Giants in Those Days."  That aqueduct makes modern civilisation below it look

Beautiful Barcelona now has the biggest and most beautiful SFF bookshop in Europe, right up there with all the Gaudí

Cristina has a new camera, an Olympus Stylus 1, which I would call the apple of her eye, except that

Great thanks to Jorge Iván and Rocio for our wedding present Detective Weekend, which we enjoyed at last, based at

On a Sunday afternoon in 1956 (24th June, thanks David Pringle), aged 13, I was riveted for about 3 hours

Here is the lovely cover of THE UNCOLLECTED IAN WATSON which PS Publishing will launch at the Glasgow Eastercon at

Most towns have pigeons, but Gijón has flocks of peacocks in its public places such as the Park of Isabella

For the upcoming Eastercon 2014 in Glasgow, probably on the Friday evening during an hour shared with NewCon Press,  PS

The 'Old Coffee House' of Balliol College, seen below in a wonky download of a postcard which I do have

In 1958, aged 14 years and 11 months, I escaped from England for the first time, on a school trip