“What I Did On My Holiday” rtd. : Day #04

08Dec11

A day away from the snow obviously meant an introduction to the first snowman of the year, albeit a twenty foot fibreglass example. Nottingham was our destination today to allow Mrs Weir to reacquaint herself with a quintet of tone deaf gentleman from the West Midlands. The visit also gave me the opportunity to commit an offence […]

Filed under: Art, Travel   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: 1991 Road Traffic Act, Cornelia Parker, David Shrigley, Gilbert & George, Gordon's Makes Us Drunk, If you leave me I'm not coming, Klaus Weber, Nottingham, Nottingham Contemporary, Object That Fell off the White Cliffs of Dover, Snow, Stop It, The Story

Love Story

28Feb11

It’s now over a week ago that I attended The Story – a one-day conference about stories and story-telling – “The Story will be a celebration of everything that is wonderful, inspiring and awesome about stories, in whatever medium possible. We’re hoping to have stories that are written, spoken, played, described, enacted, whispered, projected, orchestrated, performed, […]

Filed under: Stories   |  3 Comments
Tags: Martin Parr, Conway Hall, Margaret Robertson, Ministry of Stories, Matt Adams, Blast Theory, Adam Curtis, Karl James, Cornelia Parker, Phil Gyford, Tim Kring, Paul Bennun, Nick Ryan, Mary Hamilton, Lucy Kimbell, Graham Linehan, Cory Doctorow, Mark Stevenson, Matt Locke, The Story, 826 Valencia, David Eggars, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, Ivy4evr, The Dialogue Project, www.pepysdiary.com, Papa Sangre