Tom Goskar

Archaeologist, researcher, curator and folklorist

Author: Tom Goskar

  • Railway Signal Failure in Cardiff 22nd March 2011

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    I write this as I sit on the train rolling through the north Wiltshire downs. I have been travelling since 6am this morning. Glancing at the clock, it is currently 1pm. By the time I reach Salisbury I will have been travelling in some form or another for 7 and a half hours. So what…

  • Cornish Pasties in Swansea, Wales

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    When I moved to Swansea in Wales last September, I wondered where I might find a decent pasty. I’m Cornish, so it’s one of the things we tend to think about. I scouted around the various bakeries in and around Swansea’s city centre and market, and was not impressed with what I saw. I sampled…

  • The Coalition Government want to sell off all English forests

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    I am positively boiling with anger. I write this as a person who is normally one of the most laid-back and calm people you could wish to meet. Why? I have just read in the Guardian that the current UK coalition government are seriously suggesting that all English forests should be sold off.  That’s all…

  • Astonishing music: Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come

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    Those who know me well know that I have a penchant for liking strange and experimental electronic music. Not any old electronic music, but truly challenging uses of synthesizers and processed sounds, especially produced between the mid 1960s and mid 1970s. Synths were new instruments back then, and many of the kinds of sounds that…

  • Jacob Von Hogflume

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    Jacob Von Hogflume, originally uploaded by Squirmelia. I can’t help but chuckle each time I see this. I wonder when and where and else he lived? (Spoiler: Find out about the mad geniuses behind these signs)

  • Moving to Swansea

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    After a year living in London, and enjoying its multifarious opportunities, Tehmina and I have moved again. We have left the country. England, that is. Our new home is Swansea, in Wales. Tehmina has started a new job at the University of Swansea’s Department of History and Classics looking at the “local and global worlds…

  • Bells at St Bartholomews, Lostwithiel

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    via AudioBoo Posted via email from Tom’s posterous

  • Twins

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    Posted via email from Tom’s posterous

  • Pilgrim’s Progress – a new album by Kula Shaker

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    Kula Shaker have recently released their fourth studio album, Pilgrim’s Progress. Their first two albums, ‘K’ and “Peasants Pigs and Astronauts” before their split at the eclipse in 1999 are amazing. Their 2007 comeback album “Strangefolk” is quirky, psychedelic, and wonderful. Upon hearing about the release of Pilgrim’s Progress, and after a quick first listen…

  • Life with the HTC Desire Android smartphone

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    It’s been well over a month since I bought my HTC Desire to replace my trustworthy Nokia E71. How am I getting on with it? Here’s my mini review of the handset and its Android operating system. It’s all about integration One thing that I have strived to do on the E71, and failed, was…