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So, I'm officially going to England. My flights are booked. I'm leaving on the 12th of June. I'm getting back on the 10th of July. I'm presenting a paper (!!!!) in Bristol on the 3rd to the 5th. I've also gotta go to France at some point to see Clara. Other than that... I'm at a loose end. (If you're wondering, I'm going for a month because there's just no point in flying for thirty hours to get somewhere for a week and a half. of course, this means I have to have my research essay finished in two and a half months (!!!!!!!!!) and sit my exam for Children's Lit in study break, but I talked to Anna about that and it's fine, so.)

ANYWAY. The point of this post is: will YOU be in England during this time? Wanna hang out? (Wanna give me free accomodation? j/k.) I will be flying into London, obvs, and the conference is in Bristol. Where else should I go? BE EXCITED WITH ME.

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I felt that Cardiff was a living breathing example of a failing in local council. When prostitutes and girls pee in the gutter it means you need more public rest rooms. But then maybe my Welsh hating English father has influenced me somewhat in this regard.

I loved the British Museum so much. First you get to look at stuff, and then you get to look at the tags that specifically don't mention how they acquired it. I think I could probably try very hard to live there.

My favourite was probably the spot where they buried Oliver Cromwell and then dug him up from. Heh.

I've got to be honest with you, I never saw that side of Cardiff, although it has been a long time so perhaps things have got worse than then. Although I think I was equally predisposed to dislike Cardiff - I flatted with a group of Swansea-siders for over a year and their attitude to Cardiff was pretty negative.

Yea that side of the Museum did occur to me - it's as much a testament to imperialism as it is love of knowledge. Still, I suppose it's better to steal people's big stone monuments and ancient artifacts than their lives.