I’m a sucker for repetitive beats and M.E.S. barking in German
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Bold Tendencies 2011
This summertime outdoor art exhibition and, er, Campari bar is in its fifth year. I first visited in 2009 and shamefully have only just got round to going this year.
It was excellent. The two giant rats installation in particular was unexpectedly touching – to the aching, looped soundtrack of Stay with me by Lorraine Ellison they alternated between being deflated and inflated, but never at the same time.
I also tried Campari for the first time. That wasn’t so good.
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Horace goes Skiing
This old ZX Spectrum game would translate perfectly for the iPhone.
Much like DoodleJump, it’d simply be a matter of tilting to steer.
bit of nostalgia.
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Published in the Guardian
Delighted to get one of my pix in the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/sep/20/william-blakeWent to a wonderful event in the park this lunchtime. Poetry, walk, art installation and tree planting.
As the website of the artist says.
In 1765 at the age of 8, William Blake saw his first vision while walking on Peckham Rye. ‘A tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars.’
In collaboration with the Blake Society and the Forestry Commission, an oak sapling was saved from the eroding margins of England and transplanted to Peckham Rye as an invitation to future generations of Peckham Angels.
If anyone would like full-size copies of these photos, please email me
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Made me lol on the train
FSK – I Wish I Could Sprechen Sie Deutsch
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Modern jukebox idea
This would probably only work in somewhere painfully trendy in
Shoreditch, but I can see it being novel/fun if a bar let the
customers choose the music by projecting a collaborative Spotify
playlist on the wall and letting anyone edit it.
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Holiday collar
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Woodland wonders
Lovely art exhibition in the temple in Nunhead Cemetery
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
A splendid old-fashioned yarn that isn’t remotely spoiled by having seen any of the movie adaptations.I love the escapism and simplicity, of course, but I particularly enjoy how polite everyone is.
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Kidnapped
The plot pursued me on our Scottish road trip, with dramatic scenes from Iona to Appin
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Now with added biff
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Posh dinner
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Scarecrow festival
These were dotted on roads around Sligachan on the Isle of Skye
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Dog tick up close. Ugh!!
Attaches itself like an alien. You could see the little squirmy legs
and everything!
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Best song on the Scotify playlist
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Mullered
The isle of Mull is utterly beautiful, but the roads are horrific. We
got grounded after hitting a trench-like pothole. Luckily we got towed
out by a passing Land Rover.
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Hiccups cure
If someone you’re with gets a bout of hiccups, just ask them “quick –
what’s 34 times 14?”
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Worth Dying For
I start every holiday with the new Lee Child book. The Die Hard-esque plots are reassuringly familiar and well-written enough to be real page turners
