“Pieces of wood, love, knowledge and 299 hours of work, condensed in a 3 minute film.” I really love watching amazing craftsmanship. It’s enchanting, though slightly depressing in a...
Concerning the terrible EU Common Fisheries Policy and the impact on the environment as well as UK industry. Probably not the most exciting five minutes you’ll ever spend, but really worth your...
As a quick intro to this remarkable environment, it’s pretty good. Keyword-matched posts: Great Bear Rainforest
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Animated zombie western. Keyword-matched posts: 70 Facts You Didn’t Know About Marvel On Zombies
So, I’m on Pinterest now. I’m a bit of a late-comer, but I really like its layout. It’s ideal for being a scrapbook (I guess that’s what it is anyway), but that’s a nice...
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I’ve been learning Latin for the past five months and I’m enjoying every moment of it. Don’t ask me to say anything, because I barely can on request. With help from my partner (she ...
By Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. I’ve said it before, but she’s an impressive lady. Keyword-matched posts: Theodora
I’ll not waste much time on this one, since it was a poor dram. Bowmore is meant to be one of the more respected distilleries – an established Islay gem. However, judging by this, I fail ...
Looks amazing. I’m a big fan of the novel – which contains some sublime passages – so was eager to see what Baz Luhrmann would do with it for the big screen. The worst thing he coul...
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A couple of book-related pieces. First, UK book chain Waterstones has decided to get into bed with Amazon and sell Kindles and Kindle eBooks in its physical stores: As well as selling the Kindle devi...
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So, that’s a wrap. I’ve sent in the finished manuscript for the first Drakenfeld novel, tentatively titled A Death Divine (though that’s not confirmed yet). What’s it about? W...
For all your dying earth tourism needs. Keyword-matched posts: Abandoned Abandoned Abandoned Cities
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazin...
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By Jacques-Louis David, 1781. Poor old Belisarius. No keyword-matched posts found for this item...
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Now that the weather’s cleared up, yesterday evening I headed outside for a woodland walk. Quite an interesting time of year, with not only the woodland poster boy – Bluebells – out...
I go on about Bruichladdich often enough to bore regular readers of the blog. Suffice to say: I reckon they’re the best distillery in Scotland bar none. They’d achieve huge respect for th...
Being a fan of William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement (and for his pioneering science fiction, environmentalism and politics as much as his artistic influence), this exhibition sounds rat...
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Jonah is a forthcoming animated film from Kibwe Tavares @ Factory Fifteen, who made the incredible Robots of Brixton (basically, a short film that genre fandom should really be paying attention to, i...
I’m not a big drinker of Irish whiskey. There’s no particular reason for this, but I guess I tend to consciously aim for drams from Scotland or Japan; and personally I rate these the top ...
Something a little different; and beautiful, if you like this kind of thing. I’ve recently been listening to their album, Chamber Music, which is remarkable. In case you were wondering, the str...
All about the sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Keyword-matched posts: Hail Kylie Animal Collective – My Girls
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