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Will there be a shock announcement in a couple of years that DG is moving out of London?

new still anon | 28.10.17 - 10:30 a.m. | #

There is the flat in Bedford, but I am sure there is a lot to say for Norfolk or Hull or ...

Andrew | 28.10.17 - 11:20 a.m. | #

Thanks for the railway mention, DG. But I must confess I find the rest of your pictures and descriptions here rather more fascinating. Almost to the point of thinking there might be something I could get interested in in this modern stuff. Almost.

Malcolm | 28.10.17 - 12:12 p.m. | #

@new still anon: Maybe even sooner, if DG still cannot find a job or so.

Patrickov | 28.10.17 - 1:28 p.m. | #

A marvellous contrast between my most recent day in Hull and yours. I looked at Stepney station and er, that was about it really. Okay, I was distracted by finding that Cottingham Road tram depot had finally been demolished, and "£8 for a haircut and no queue? - I'll do that now instead of back in London", and finding a welcoming community garden behind my gran's old house off Newland Avenue where I'd have eaten my takeaway lunch if I'd seen it 5 minutes earlier, and noticing that Piper's looked just as dodgy as it did in the 70s, and the Pearson's Park conservatory is still a gem, and...

Given that you also went to Beverley, I think I can safely assume you didn't get to Spurn Point on this visit. That's a fascinating and ever-changing place, often ignored as it really is the end of the world, but would take even you most of the day to get there and back from the city centre.

Andrew S | 28.10.17 - 8:49 p.m. | #

I often wonder what kind of student DG was. Was he down the student uni supping cheap pints ? Down with the lads at the rugby club ? Debating with the society ? Swapping lentil recipes with the up tight middle class kids. Read him everyday but the guys an engima .....

But thats what keeps me coming back. Long may he reign.

dg writes: None of the above.

chicker | 28.10.17 - 8:58 p.m. | #

the 4 minute 33 seconds is obviously a reference to the famous 'silent' John Cale compisitions of the same length (and title), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

dg quotes: "4'33", a 1952 composition by US experimental composer John Cage (1912-1992), is referenced in the title but not played."

jg | 29.10.17 - 8:53 a.m. | #

Having pressed the Big Red Button myself when the pianola was on display in a small room at the Whitechapel Gallery a few years ago, when they had their series of exhibitions chosen from the Government Art Collection, and later encouraging my small son to do the same on a visit to the depot at Tottenham Court Road, I can confirm that it is very much not silent. "Loud" does not quite capture the wall of notise that suddenly erupts.

Andrew | 29.10.17 - 11:40 a.m. | #

DG frequently visits places outside London. I don't think any conclusion can be drawn from his doing so now.

Andrew M | 29.10.17 - 12:59 p.m. | #

Fantastic post and intro to G E Gaunt - photo surrealism. Can we assume you have a literary degree with a touch of fine arts?

NF | 30.10.17 - 7:34 a.m. | #











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