Saturday, December 15, 2007
The Strange Ride of Albert Gristle
The news that Britain is to have its very own moon mission reminds me - for no very good reason - of one of the funniest of all Private Eye covers. Perhaps it is the fact that it features the Albert Memorial, an edifice which inspires in me an unhealthy fascination.
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
A few years ago designs were put forward for a British spaceplane called Skylon. Even though it was supposed to be unmanned i could forgive a government an awful lot if it was built.
ReplyDeleteAh! Memories of the days when Private Eye covers could actually make me smile... What went so wrong?
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