Wow. #guardian

Shortly before JG Ballard's death last year, Iain Sinclair made a pilgrimage to the author's Shepperton semi, a shrine to his surreal tastes and happy family life. A new exhibition of his favourite paintings and of art work he has inspired honours this distinctive vision

The Guardian is running an online photography club using their picture desk editors to help readers develop their skills. It integrates with a Flickr group. Worth investigating how they're running it and any issues that emerge.

Article by Haruki Murakami on running 100km in one day. To read.

The Guardian sticks captions on the President. And they're not bad at all.

Mark Kermode interviews Jamie Hewlett

To my surprise and disappointment I feel the need to be a bit of a militant feminist these days. Surely we should be over this shit already? I mean, some of this is frankly embarrassing.

Handy post from Caitlin Fitzsimmons rounding up the issues surrounding dealing with anonymous misogyny online.

"The City of London police came under fire two years ago when it emerged that more than 20 officers, ranging from constable to chief superintendent, had accepted gifts worth thousands of pounds from the Church of Scientology."