Sun Dried Sparrows

I was given an unexpected early birthday present last week.   It had been tied up in a gold ribbon and tucked away in a corner in the local ...

I just found out it’s 'National Freelancers Day' today - ooh! Does that mean I can take the day off to celebrate?  Oh if only! ...

Austin Osman Spare.   What a name!   Sounds like a classic car part.   Is/was he real?   What is/was he famous for?   Hey – STOP what you’re...

Maybe it’s weird, but I’ve developed a bit of a thing for police sirens.   I know it’s not a sound you really want to hear most of the tim...

What’s this – I haven’t blogged for weeks and then when I do it’s about lipstick ?   We’re living in shitty times and I was so tempted to ...

I was so tempted to call this post ‘Just Another Phallic Monday’… but that might have suggested it was going to be the start of a new serie...

I’ve walked up this pathway a thousand times, I’ve photographed the trees before: their mistletoe baubles, pollarded boughs, the shards of t...

I loved it so much I tuned in to i-Player and watched it all the way through twice in less than a week, and now I’ve ordered the DVD too.  ...