To the boundaries of the universe and beyond

Another Guardian ramble of mine, this time about Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, and the Viennese Skandalkonzert of 1913, all connected with the excellent Rest is Noise festival about to begin at the South Bank Centre in London.

In praise of things

Here's a piece I wrote in last week's Guardian, about the beauties of railway engineering - with added songs of praise for web pages, archivists and writers of guidebooks.