This page is Under Construction, as the saying goes. Perhaps it can be a links page until I am inspired to something more original.

Here's a wee treat - a collection of sketches done by my maternal grandmother, Kathleen "Queenie" Barton, nee Murray. Scans and html of the link page courtesy Tim. Click on the picture to enter. This picture is labelled "Dad" although it's her husband, not her father.

Here's New Zealand news according to the organisation I work for (as deputy illustrations editor of one of the INL papers):

And here's New Zealand news according to the organisation my wife works for(!):

These pages painstakingly coded by hand, in Notepad, with a view to simplicity, readability, fast downloading (let me know if you think I've failed) and only enough Javascript to see if I can do it. Graphics by Photoshop. Html tidying by HTML TIDY although I haven't adhered to all their suggestions.

Astrology: the failure to understand that the planets stopped being gods once mortals could predict their movements.

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