More on East Dulwich By Nic Price on 2 April 2005 — 1 min read East Dulwich came about when four local land owners sold up their estates to building prospectors in the final years of Queen Victoria’s reign. The largest of the four was the Friern Manor Farm estate. On the East Dulwich section of the curiously named Ideal homes: suburbia in focus (complete with garden gnomes in the... More
In memory of Jacques Cousteau By Nic Price on 31 March 2005 — 1 min read This evening my Dad and I went to see Wes Anderson’s fantastic The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. It seems difficult to go wrong with anything with Bill Murray in it these days. I can really recommend it, it felt like a cross between one of my favourite films Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue)... More
A classic example of a late Victorian suburb By Nic Price on 28 March 2005 — 1 min read East Dulwich: is a classic example of a laste Victorian suburb had a cinema between 1938 and 1972 (the building was demolished in 2003) was bombed heavily in World War II during the Blitz and by V1 and V2 flying bombs had electric trams until 1952 was originally in the county of Surrey and in... More
Children learn what they live By Nic Price on 20 March 2005 — 1 min read If children live with criticism, They learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, They learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, They learn to be shy. If children live with shame, They learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, They learn confidence. If children live with tolerance, They learn to be... More
Sounds like the sun is out By Nic Price on 18 March 2005 — 1 min read Winter is finally on the wane. The clouds are whiter and whispier and there’s sunshine. Sitting in the office yesterday with the window slightly open, I really noticed how the noise coming in from the outside sounded different from the overcast day before. The science bit, my colleague pointed out, is that there’s less moisture... More
Sunday circuit By Nic Price on 13 March 2005 — 1 min read Good run… Up Dunstans Road and turn left (South) on to Lordship Lane Opposite Harvester on South Circular go through gate and up Cox’s Walk to Dulwich Woods Up hill over disused railway tunnel at back of Sydenham Hill Wood (Nature Reserve) which comes out on Sydenham Hill Turn right along Sydenham Hill to mini-roundabout... More
Stuart Beebe: “Societies do what societies think” By Nic Price on 12 March 2005 — 1 min read Stuart Beebe: "Societies do what societies think" Originally uploaded by PhilWolff. More
Gestalt formula By Nic Price on 8 March 2005 — 1 min read “The fundamental ‘formula’ of Gestalt theory might be expressed in this way. There are wholes, the behaviour of which is not determined by that of their individual elements, but where the part-processes are themselves determined by the intrinsic nature of the whole. It is the hope of Gestalt theory to determine the nature of such... More
Follow your bliss By Nic Price on 1 March 2005 — 1 min read If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are – if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life... More