I'm always a little uncertain of my reactions to things like this. Have to consciously put aside my own narrative in order to start to recognise the actual lived experience of those directly affected.
Yesterday we also had to explain to a 13 and 8 year old events of which they'd almost no knowledge, but which pretty much define the state of the world they live in.
TL;DR - 9/11 Memorial is quite something
Columbus died :(
Balls of titanium, that lad.
I am also now going to have to read Bartoleme de las Casas - one time slave owner, who basically invented democracy IN FIFTEEN FIFTY SOMETHING.
Am utterly smitten by these.
If every page was blank then they'd be beautiful objects to look at and hold in their own right.
But the pages are crammed, documenting lockdown from the perspective of a man living alone. The humour lurks like a silent assassin waiting for you to spring their elaborate traps. The emotion is surreal. Raw and you suspect real.
It looks thrown together. It tries to persuade it is. But absolutely nothing is wasted.
When you've finished Andor, get on these.
Posting this here in the off-chance anyone from the Medway Towns might see it.
Last time I was at Ranscombe was carting The Wogans round in my MK2 Escort so probably ~30 years ago. It's a proper institution for bands you never heard of who were formative for bands you love.
Amazing line-up for a brilliant cause.