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  • The British Museum: Ming and Germany

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    The British Museum has a couple of big exhibitions on at the moment, about China’s Ming dynasty and Germany. The bigger one is undeniably Ming: 50 years that changed China, being held in the museum’s shiny new gallery. It did a solid job at contextualising what the Ming dynasty was and why 1400-1450 was so…

  • Dystopian Shopping Malls of the Future

    Dystopian Shopping Malls of the Future

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    Walking around Westfield Stratford yesterday reminded me of the dystopian shopping malls of the future, most memorably from Minority Report: Glass, steel, floating displays, and not a speck of dust to be seen. Dominated by the same shops, the same clothes, and the same food you’ll see in a thousand different malls. All of your…

  • Capital Ring Walk

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    Completed sections 12, 13, and most of 14 along the Capital Ring Walk today. While it was very warm and sunny, sunset was 4:30pm so it was impossible to press onward to the Thames and beyond. Clearly a project for next summer. Also, got distracted by the iMac 5K display at the Apple Store in…