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Ayr Writers CLub (3) - First prize!

I am delighted to report that my entry to the Ayr Writers Club  book review competition won first prize. The adjudicator remarked that it was the stand-out entry and was one of only two that had obviously been properly proofread.
   Allow me to smirk for a moment.
   You can read the competition entry too, which incidentally reports that Adrian Tchaikovsky's City of Last Chances is a thoroughly good read, whether or not you are an SFF fan.
   I won some book tokens. It seems only right to spend them on the sequel to City of Last Chances (intriguingly called House of Open Wounds, which is due out in December.
   In the meantime - if you can't be bothered to read the review, I strongly suggest you read the book.
add comment | read comments (0) | 2023-10-13

The smallest moment

I was amazed to read, in BBC's write-up of the Nobel prize for physics, about the attosecond. Find it here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66964430

An attosecond to a second is the same as a second to the life of the universe. Wow. As they say nowadays, I just can't.
add comment | read comments (0) | 2023-10-05

Knocking down Ayr

It seems to be common knowledge that Odeon Ayr is to be demolished. I didn't think that was likely, as it's a listed building, but there you go.
   Burns House, next to the Odeon, has already been demolished and replaced with a small walkway and some grass. Old buildings at the foot of the ton have been demolished and replaced with a sort of sitting/walking area and a wooden construction apparently available for hire for events.
   And the other day someone told me that Ayr Police Station is also to be demolished, with the police rehousing themselves into Newton House (which was once a school and then became Council offices).
   I'm becoming worried that someone will come to knock down my house. It's old enough, after all.
add comment | read comments (0) | 2023-05-27