A look at stuff that’s been experienced first hand.
We attempted the Christmas Market at the bottom of Montpelier Hill (Just opposite the Slug and Lettuce) today. A mix of stalls and food concessions were the main stay with a smattering of small fairground rides at the Cold Bath Road end. I’d like to report back with a glowing review, but we beat a hasty retreat shortly after arrival…. Read more →
Two days into The Ashes first test and England have collapsed beyond much hope. I actually woke up at 04:40 this morning and tuned in for 15 minutes. A silly thing to do. England had just lost a string of wickets for not many runs at all, then that fella from the local rag – who’d been chipping in with… Read more →
Ommwriter. You came into my field of view and I liked the look of you. Distraction free writing sounds good. You look beautiful and have some great sounding features. These are the first few words. Already, I’m missing spellcheck. The red wavey lines that appear under words that I’ve spelt wrong are conspicuous by their absence. I typically do make… Read more →
I fell for one of the classic marketing ploys today. Free stuff. More precisely, the ol’ “bread at the back of the store” technique. An old friend was running the show at Destination Venus today – Harrogate’s graphic novel and comic store – and he stuck a note of facebook saying it was free comic day. My Yorkshire sensibilities kicked… Read more →
Very nearly ran out of time to write a my 365 blog entry today but not quite. Just in after a full days work where I had a super nice lunch then de-constructed a project I’m working on. Its almost like I’m doing an engine rebuild and at the moment I’ve got parts and components (grease and all) carefully composed… Read more →
We watched Cloud Atlas last night. The book flirted with me for years, I’ve had it in my possession a few times but didn’t get round to reading it. The film version is impossible to describe as a whole – part action, part psychological thriller, part comedy. 1970s car chase and fight scenes through to dystopian styling which smacked of… Read more →
We should all encourage my old friend, (yes old) to add more to his new blog : 60000 miles per year. He’s an actual artist – an award winning Fine artist of a brilliant calibre (par exemple) who is undoubtedly going to be recognised as such one of these days. Possibly after he’s dead like all the true martyrs of art…. Read more →
Last Wednesday evening, I had a thought. I was stood in the magical grounds of St. Dogmaels Abbey (which I waxed lyrical about a few days ago in this blog post) and thought; I wonder who first had the thought “this would be a good place to put on a play”. By good, I mean fantastic. Looking at the place, there’s… Read more →
I’ve often joked in meetings about how some ideas are a bit ‘pie in the sky’. An example that I’ve jokingly referenced in such conversations (as a benchmark of the particularly untenable) would be ‘Smell-o-Vision’. The mainstream technology we’ve got got readily available to us today encompasses all other senses, apart from smell… but perhaps, not for long. For the… Read more →
I may as well get this out of the way first: The Title Role of King Lear was played by Joseph Marcell, who played Geoffrey in the massive 90s mainstream TV hit : The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. To be honest, I was a tad worried that he’d been pulled in as a bit of a ringer – to give… Read more →
“Oh? You’re going to to a blog about it? A blog about a blogger?” said Felix (my son, age 14) just now. Charlie McDonnell, aka charlieissocoollike is a “Professional Internet Human” (his words), his content is pretty “Me Centric” (his words again) and he’s been video blogging since 2007. His was the first UK channel to break the one million subscribers… Read more →
On my way back to the car after a beautiful dog walk around Birk Cragg near Harrogate this morning, unexpectedly, I ended up learning a whole bunch of stuff on the fascinating subject of bees. I spotted a modest little sign tucked into verge saying “Claro Bees ——->” Do they sell honey? Is there a colony of bees there? Could… Read more →
Marketed as a professional film, Kodak Ektar 100 35mm claims to be “The World’s Finest Grain Color Negative Film”. The quality of the result it is utterly unique. I shot a roll mainly last weekend – mainly outdoors under the big sky light of the East Coast of Yorkshire. I used a LOMO LC-A which I feel really suits this… Read more →
I actually look like I know what I’m doing here. Don’t tell anyone that I make it all up as I go along. I popped along to ‘Electro Jam’ at Zoso last night and span a few tunes. A fun night. It’s an ‘open deck’ night where you’re welcomed to turn up with a bag of tunes, check in with… Read more →
My mate Allan had his 50th birthday this weekend and pulled a mini festival together to mark the occasion. For those of you who don’t know him, Allan is a top bloke and I consider myself very lucky indeed to call him a true friend. We’ve been putting on parties together for years – particularly FIRE parties of which we did… Read more →
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