I don’t go to enough gigs. I love music, and nothing quite beats the intimacy, volume and authenticity of a live performance.

I’ve been a big fan of Frank Turner for a number of years now, and when he recommends a band or takes them on tour as a support act; it is generally a good sign. One such recent band was Jim Lockey and The Solemn Sun (JL& ( Read more... )

My Boy is unfortunate in that his birthday falls on Christmas Eve. From his side it means he only gets one big bash per year, and from my side it means I have to come up with two thoughtful and brilliant gift ideas for consecutive days, which is a drain on both my brain and my wallet ( Read more... )

This journal will be divided up under 5 subheadings since continuous prose is beyond me and I can currently only communicate through bullet points neatly arranged under subheadings in passages no longer than about 140 characters. I think twitter and the manner of my note-taking in the office has destroyed my ability to write cohesively in large ( Read more... )

I am quite a big fan of MUSE.

Ok, ok, I am a huge fan, I was hooked as soon as I heard Origin of Symmetry, I have bought every album they have produced since on the day of release and I have now seen them live 4 times, but only once in the pouring rain ( Read more... )

This post is in preparation for a presentation I’m giving to the office about a building I visited over the summer. It will serve to get my thoughts in order and collect all the images and create some of the graphics I will need to explain myself. I do not aim to flatly condemn or praise the building, I just want to present some informed ( Read more... )

So, The Boy was charged with going through his mum’s kitchen cupboards and disposing of anything out of date. While I wasn’t surprised by the concept if this, I was horrified when he sent me pictures of what was being thrown out. A lot of the food in question only has a date because it is a legal requirement ( Read more... )

I went through my camera this morning and found this rather fun photo.


( Read more... )

Click to view

So, a bunch of us went to The Playgroup Festival last month.

Rather than writing a blog post with words as I normally would, I took loads of video footage and edited it together into this video blog. This saves on writing and gives me an excuse to re-learn my editing software.

Enjoy!

~T

This post is a little late, but it has taken a bit of archive dredging to find the stunning image of me in Barcelona. Yes, that is me, and yes I do have spaniel ears. You may also observe that pulling silly poses in front of landmark buildings is something I have been doing for years. I do not apologise for this ( Read more... )

Way back in the mists of time, I did a little pencil sketch in my notebook of a small, lost polar bear in a jacket. I christened him Nanook and envisaged him on a long journey home, somewhere a lot colder than Bristol.

I rather liked it, so I put some paint on it.


( Read more... )