{"id":141419,"date":"2015-08-12T17:54:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/12\/neil-gaiman-launchycat-remember-this-thats\/"},"modified":"2015-08-12T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:54:15","slug":"neil-gaiman-launchycat-remember-this-thats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/08\/12\/neil-gaiman-launchycat-remember-this-thats\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

neil-gaiman<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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launchycat<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Remember this?<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s right, it\u2019s the rad as hell\/heaven photo on the back of the first edition (and possibly some of the later ones?) of Good Omens. I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019ve loved it since the first time I came across it – and once I found out that it was taken in London, well\u2026 the spot was immediately on my to-find list.<\/p>\n

Fast forward some time later, and cayra<\/a>\u200b, maltedmilkchocolate<\/a>\u200b, ahostofangels<\/a>\u200b and myself decided to go on a Good Omens-themed walkabout. First stop, one Kensal Green Cemetery. It took a bit of wandering around, but sure enough, we eventually tracked it down!<\/p>\n

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The entrance is bricked up now, but otherwise, it still looks much like it did some 25-odd years ago (if anything, the walls are a bit cleaner). It all was slightly surreal, and also intensely satisfying. An afternoon well spent in my books \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

(Photo taken by cayra<\/a>, featuring maltedmilkchocolate<\/a> as my favourite Anathema cosplay to date, and yours truly as Crowley. We later moved on to St James\u2019 Park, where we were mobbed by a flock of hungry pigeons. We survived unscathed, albeit with slightly diminished snack supplies.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They bricked up the door!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

neil-gaiman: launchycat: Remember this? That\u2019s right, it\u2019s the rad as hell\/heaven photo on the back of the first edition (and possibly some of the later ones?) of Good Omens. I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019ve loved it since the first time I came across it – and once I found out that it was … <\/p>\n

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