An excerpt from Ada’s Algorithm
Maybe you’re fascinated by Ada Lovelace already. If not, I hope by the end of Ada’s Algorithm you will be. I became intrigued by Ada myself – and soon enthralled… Read more »
Lord Byron would have liked the sauna
Looking for some serious real estate in Mayfair? Lord Byron’s former home is up for grabs. It’s 17,800 square feet, in a prime location, and about to be converted from… Read more »
London underground’s poster campaign offends commuters, and poetry
Anyone travelling on London’s underground for the past few months will be familiar with the series of tube etiquette posters that are now ubiquitous. You’ve seen them plastered on station… Read more »
Lord Byron’s restaurant: only tame romantics need apply
He was “mad, bad and dangerous to know” but a new restaurant located inside Lord Byron’s ancestral home is focussing on his romantic nature, and asking its staff to do… Read more »
The changing of the pens
In England, where they like to do things ceremonially, one pen has been retired and another is about to be inaugurated. These are, mind you, no ordinary Pilot Precise V5… Read more »
Croydon: A literary town?
What do Kate Moss and Lord Byron have in common? The Evening Standard can sensationally reveal: nothing. Croydon, the suburb of south London famed for its hairstyle, recently applied for… Read more »