Death of a bookstore

petantik — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:07:26 +0000

Borders has finally disappeared from UK streets, I must admit out of all the recent big closures this has been the one that I missed the most. It was a place that I’ve seen for the past 7 years of my life, nearly every day on my way to university.

I have walked by it, through it and all around it. I’ve wandered through every section and seen the titles on spines change as the months went on. Seen Terry Pratchett in his hat signing his wonderful books and the crew of the Mighty Boosh attracting hoards of dressed up fans. Myself, in a poor attempt deciding to get a signed copy of Gordon Ramsay’s book but lacking the stomach or the patience to stand in such a queue for hours

It was a very nice location, in the heart of the city, watching the bustle of Buchanan street, with the street performers: magicians, and musicians, and break dancers. The building itself was lovely too but as you can see, the dark insides on Boxing Day 2009 make it an empty shell.

RIP

Summer in Glasgow

petantik — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:39:21 +0000

: Image by susanlee828 via Flickr

There is always one bit of advice I give to people when they think of coming up north to Scotland, and specifically Glasgow and that is to bring an umbrella.

Our city is a strange one, ever heard the song with the lyrics “All four seasons in one day …” this is for sure referring to here. There have been days when there is sun followed by rain, rain followed by snow, snow followed by sun and sun folllowed by hail. You just never know, even at the height of summer rain and sun chase each other and the effect is an overall dullness and a ray of sunlight sometimes seems a marvel after being drenched to the bone.

So if you come up here, please bring an umbrella

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Death of a bookstore

Summer in Glasgow