I suspect I wasn’t the only thirty-something to ‘get a bit of grit in my eye’ upon hearing that Oliver Postgate — the creator and narrator of Bagpuss, The Clangers and Ivor the Engine, among others — had died at the age of 83.
I needed to get a few photos last night, so I got out my camera and set up my Nikon SB800 strobe on a tripod. I was just fitting a CTO gel to the flash when my girlfriend thought it would fun to take a photo of me at work. Unfortunately, what she didn’t realise [...]
It’s too early to start counting chickens, but it’s starting to look as though I may not need to stay up till silly o’clock to see who’s going to be the 44th President of the US. Why can’t elections be held on Fridays? It would be so much more fun to stay up all night [...]
Because of a fairly last minute change of plans, rather than enjoying a few days in the country, J and I found ourselves in the capital for the annual Open House London weekend a week ago. We didn’t really have time to formulate much of a plan, let alone book to see some of the [...]
I first popped along to see the graffiti and stencil art in Leake Street back in July; those pieces have now been removed, and replaced with some new works. As I had to be at Waterloo station for 8 o’clock on Thursday morning, I decided to check out the new work (sans tripod, but at [...]
The Horniman Museum is another of south London’s little-known gems, and arguably contains the most eclectic collections in all of London’s museums.
I’d be the first to admit that I am terribly cynical about the Olympics in general, and in particular about London 2012. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing but admiration for the athletes’ achievements, but for me they are totally overshadowed by the corruption, the tacky commercialisation, the political opportunism and the outrageous amounts [...]
Hardly a TV news item on the US election seems to go by without at least one reporter or pundit trotting out a line like “As the race for the Whitehouse hots up, the Internet is increasingly becoming the main political battleground….” The political parties on both sides of the Atlantic do seem to have [...]
There was a very interesting piece in today’s Guardian about new clinical trials in which hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin (found in magic mushrooms) are being used to treat patients with a variety of conditions. These include headaches, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and even helping patients come to terms with terminal illnesses.
It seems as though someone proposes a new harebrained scheme an ambitious new regeneration project for Battersea Power Station every few years. The latest plans for the redevelopment of the power station are still at the pre-planning application stage, but this month the site is open to the public as part of the promotion/consultation for [...]
Let’s not dwell on the Scientology aspect. He made some fantastic music, worked to improve literacy, and brought us Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls. RIP Isaac. It just doesn’t get much cooler than this:
Just in case you’re one of the five people that haven’t yet seen Simon Tofield’s fantastic Simon’s Cat animations, here’s my favourite: Patrick didn’t think the previous Star Wars video was ‘darkside’ enough, and suggested this instead:
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