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 [...]
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:
It’s not often I’m in central London early on a Sunday morning, but this today I found myself heading home at 8 o’clock. The weather was beautiful, and as I had my camera with me, I decided to take a detour to Leake Street, behind Waterloo station. I missed the Cans Festival which took place [...]
I was intending to do a bit of almost-live blogging about this breaking news yesterday, but unfortunately my broadband went down about 5.30pm and has only just returned, albeit in a rather unreliable state (expect a rant about Virgin Media shortly). So, 21 hours late… High drama in East Dulwich this yesterday afternoon, as a [...]
I was sorry to hear that Beryl Cook had passed away today, at the age of 81. I really do think people will look back and recognise her as one of the great British artists of the 20th century. I loved her affection for her subjects, her mischievousness and the joie de vivre that was [...]
I found myself strolling up Whitehall on Saturday, and couldn’t help but admire the National Monument to the Women of World War II. I don’t recall noticing it before – mind you, you could probably count the number of times I’ve walked along Whitehall since its dedication in 2005 on the fingers of a hand [...]
I had an unexpected email yesterday, from someone at the Evening Standard who’d read my take on the best british sitcoms (written in 2004) and wondered if I’d be interested in writing a few words on Gavin and Stacey winning a BAFTA and the state of sitcoms in general. Despite not exactly being an avid [...]
It’s been a very, very long time since I last felt inspired to post anything here, but after going to see Russell Maliphant and French ballerina Sylvie Guillem performing Maliphant’s PUSH at the London Coliseum on Saturday night, I felt I had to write something. Now I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure what I’d make [...]
I think this is the first time I’ve actually typed an entry from the comfort of my bed; I’m not doing so because it’s late (although it is), but because it’s bloody freezing here. The builders arrived here on Monday to begin some rather major work on the place, and as a result there’s currently [...]
Thought I’d better post something here in case Microsoft has any laptops left to give away as bribes review machines. I had such good intentions for the Christmas holiday, including finishing the new design for this site. In the end I had a thoroughly lazy, unproductive time, and only managed to catch up on a [...]
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