Went with a group of friends (current QG, future QG, ex-bio, family friends who were visiting London) to the Royal Festival Hall last night for one of its signature performances. The London Philharmonic Orchestra was so good! They’re the ones who did the soundtrack for the Lord of the Rings, among other films and pieces. [...]














The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics)
The Gormenghast Trilogy
Making Globalization Work
What Next?: Surviving the Twenty-first Century 
Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty
Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Consilience
Cat’s Cradle (Penguin Modern Classics)
Pistache


















