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Well well well, it looks like someone was watching Alan and co after all and it appears they didn’t fall for the ol’ “Talibob dicker” disguise. How will Frank react to this? Well I think we’ve already found out. It appears mildly disinterested is Frank’s forte.
Sorry for the late update but the week and the weekend have been pretty hectic. Have been bouncing around from place to place doing various things including making a nice mothers day card. Lending a hand at some riding stables also seriously curtails time for doing comic stuff as well.
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And here we are! Chapter 4 begins noooow and it looks like we’re going to be introduced to a whole load of new characters straight away! This looks like a bit of a crunch meeting and we already see that our American Cousins are not very diplomatic.
What used to be the old Treasury building, now the Cabinet Office on Whitehall.
The process behind making this page was rather painstaking. I had envisaged a crunch meeting in the Foreign Office or the Cabinet Office both of which are either on or quite near to Whitehall which is the nexus of power in the United Kingdom. Much of the Great Offices of State (The Prime Minister, the Chancellor, the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary) all reside at Whitehall in some cases literally for the PM and Chancellor (who both live in theory at Downing Street). Whitehall itself cuts across what used to be part of the grand palace at Whitehall which was the seat of the Monarch until the late 17th century when it was destroyed by fire.So the scene should call for a show down in one of the opulent rooms at Whitehall.
The ceiling above the state stairs at the FCO building
And none are as opulent and frankly amazing as the interior of the Foreign Office. You can visit the place and see inside for one weekend a year during London Open House but it certainly is a hidden gem. Designed at the height of British Imperial power in the 19th century and taking a passage from the psalms it leaves you with absolutely no doubt as to who ran the show:
Let the people praise thee o god yea let all the people praise thee o let all the nations rejoice and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously and govern the nations upon the earth.
The place is a total gem and even this gallery taken in 2011 doesn’t do the place justice. If you’re in London during the next open weekend I’d pay a visit.
The problem was though that this meeting is being chaired by the Cabinet Secretary and thus needs to be in the Cabinet Office. So we’ve taken some liberties and mixed the two together just so you can get a taste of the hubris that runs throughout the modern British state today.
I’ll explain some more in the coming weeks but until then take in all the new characters!
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Wooo! Chapter four is finally, finally here! Seriously excited about what we’re going to be exploring in this part of the Hard Graft story. And also officially page 101 will be hitting the interwebs next week! Excited? I definitely am!
I’ve been having a think about things I could sell apart from books and I think I’ve got an idea which is a nice little Hard Graft gift pack with:
- A signed postcard
- Some badges
- A fridge magnet
- A selection of awesome stickers
I just need to package everything up so it actually looks nice. I’m thinking of creating a nice banner with a price board on there for when I finally make a return to conventions I don’t look like a total gypo hawking something I stole from Waterstones.
I’ve been cycling to work a fair bit these days and after seeing awesome people like Gaz545′s Silly Cyclists site I thought I’d get in on the action and video my commute to work. So to do that I jury rigged a camera mount for my helmet which records everything in front of it. Looking forward to testing it out tomorrow! 
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Anyway until then see you next week!
