“John Peel Was A Hell Of Man”

26Oct09

Well yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the death of John Peel.
If you’ve visited here before you may have caught my ramble about John in respect of my work with the wonderful Magoo and in particular my efforts to get their second single played on the radio :
“I tried to instigate this radio-play by hand [...]

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Tags: Bill Shankly, John Peel, Magoo, Sonic You, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Olivetti Chronicles

At Last, September . . .

01Sep09

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Silver Linings

17Aug09

A Sunday afternoon spent in the quintessentially English pursuit of discussing the weather.
We travelled to Tattershall Castle in the heart of Lincolnshire to attend a Cloud Appreciation Society event, where Ian Loxley (the Photo Gallery Editor for the Society) was to take ‘us on an informal tour of the afternoon sky’.
Rather perversely (given the (incorrect) [...]

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Tags: Cloud Appreciation Society, Clouds, Ian Loxley, Spitfire, Tattershall Castle

A Good Walk Spoiled

28Jun09

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Tags: 1, 2, 5, 8, Flags, Golf

Still Interesting

17Jun09

Fabulous news ! I managed to secure a couple of tickets for Interesting 2009 earlier today – when the first batch of one hundred went on sale today.
Interesting 2008 was one of the highlights of last year so I wouldn’t have missed the chance to get to this year’s event for the world. There were [...]

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Tags: Conway Hall, Interesting, Interesting2008, Interesting2009, Jim Le Fevre, The Guardian, zoetrope

Pretty In Pink

14Jun09

A day in the garden.

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25%

26May09

From an interview with Mark Borkowski in The Word magazine.

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Tags: 25%, Mark Borkowski, The Word

Tea For Two

16Feb09

A lazy Sunday spent wandering along the back roads of Norfolk finished at The Blakeney Hotel where afternoon tea was taken and newspapers were read.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

14Feb09

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Little People

09Feb09

To celebrate the life of the sadly departed Hans Beck (who died some short while ago) I suggest you do as I have done and purchase yourself some (more) Playmobil figures. I chose a Pirate Crew with Barrels set – I think I chose wisely.

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Tags: Hans Beck, Pirates, Playmobil