Spent some of today in an informal session with people in VCU organised by Tom Woodward. Also went to the civil war museum

To most Americans fire escapes are just practical features of a building. To foreign visitors they are props in every cop series or film you’ve seen.

I am in Richmond, Virginia for the OpenEd conference. Had a walk around today, it’s a strangely empty city, like a banking sector on a Sunday. But it’s a nice place with canals & historic buildings