Show Me Magic

16Oct12

As I get older my ability to deal physically with the darker seasons diminishes, (depsite my inherent love of all things autumnal), and this year the incoming gloom seems to have embraced me even prior to the clocks returning to their post summer time positioning. So I’m deeply thankful to the number of people who have […]

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Tags: AceJet170, Asbury & Asbury, Dirty Modern Scoundrel, gludge.com, I Like, Joe Moran, Maraid Design, Shelf Appeal, Southwold

Dear Jonny

27Jan11

January has been a bit of a wash out. To be fair it doesn’t have the easiest of tasks but boy this year it’s really been making very little effort. Highlights have been few and far between, however the new collaboration between Norman Blake and Euros Childs, under the name of Jonny, has been a […]

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Tags: Candyfloss, Euros Childs, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, I Like, January, Jonny, Norman Blake, Ryan Owen, Teenage Fanclub

Happy Birthday !

01Oct10

Congratulations to Anne at I Like on her / it’s eighth birthday, easily one of the most enjoyable, interesting and informative corners of the internet. If you never visited I Like then according to Anne (and I can vouch for her) you can expect some of the following : “dilapidation, seaside towns, modernism, patterns, classic […]

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Something To See Here

06Dec09

Some time ago I wrote : “I’ve been waiting to post this for a while now because it may be appearing elsewhere on the internet, however as a couple of people have asked me about my visit I thought I’d put it here at digyourfins for the moment as well. If it does appear elsewhere […]

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Tags: Altostratus, Anderby Cloud Bar, Anderby Creek, Bathing Beauties, Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin Pretor-Piney, Heath Robinson, I Like, Lincolnshire, Michael Trainor, Nothing To See Here, Official Cloudspotting Area

Postman’s Park (contd.)

12Jun09

I mentioned (thanks to Anne I Like) the special ‘Celebration of Postman’s Park’ being presented by the Watts Gallery and it’s now slowly filtered through to the papers. This piece in The Times talks of the event and of the newly unveiled memorial to Mr Leigh Pitt.

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Tags: I Like, Leigh Pitt, Postman's Park, Watts Gallery

Connecting At London

03Jun09

When we were last in London we wandered through the city from our hotel on the Edgware Road to The British Museum. Because the weather was so pleasant we wandered somewhat aimlessly and as such came across the remains of the old Middlesex Hospital : “This was a great find. When I’ve been past on […]

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Tags: Bowbrick, Guerilla Gardening, I Like, Middlesex Hospital, NoHo, Postman's Park, Riding House St, Russell Davies, Watts Gallery

Capital City

09Apr09

The first trip of the year, to London. We arrived mid morning on Saturday (after a somewhat circuitous route) and spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon ambling across central London to The British Museum, passing Charles Babbage in blue plaque form and Anthony Gormley in the flesh (rather than in bronze) and […]

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Tags: Anthony Gormley, Barrier Park, Broadcasting House, Cartoon Museum, Charles Babbage, Covent Garden, Design Museum, Edgeware Road, Graffiti, Graffito, Great Cour Roof, Hyde Park, I Like, London, Millenim Bridge, Notting Hill, Postman's Park, Rodchenko, St Paul's, Tate Modern, The Art Of The Poster Exhibition, The British Musuem, The London Transport Museum, The Museum Of Brands, The Women's Freedom League, Tower Bridge, Wahaca

Wee Minatures

09Feb09

As well as my new Playmobil set I’ve also purchased a set of wonderful postcards of Sheffield by Jonathan Wilkinson - Wee Minatures (Gordon Brown would no doubt be proud to of my attempts to break the financial downturn single handedly). I’ve always been a fan of tilt-shift photography and saw these, which also pay homage to […]

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Tags: I Like, John Hinde, Jonathan Wilkinson, Playmobil, Postcards, Sheffield, Wee Minatures