November 21, 2013
The house I did most of my growing up in sits next to a lane that runs past The Trampland, which just was our name for a scraggy patch of unused grass behind my garden. Beyond The Trampland there is a solitary grey house. Morbid creatures that we were, we convinced each other that dead […]
November 20, 2013
I think I’ll start meditating consistently again. Sometimes I’ve noticed that meditation gives me a feeling like that of being on holiday. (I suspect that the operative word there is ‘being’). It’s only three days into a week off work that I feel relaxed enough to understand my life as a whole, rather than a […]
November 12, 2013
I’ve been shortlisted for this year’s Live Canon poetry competition. Live Canon is a troupe of actors led by Helen Eastman. As well as an annual competition, they memorise and perform older poems you might not hear read aloud often. Their next show is a performance of Sweet Ways the World Ends, a piece specially […]
November 10, 2013
I spent all of last night exploring The Stanley Parable. If you haven’t played it, I’d recommend doing so before reading on. The Stanley Parable is a computer game that does something no other artistic medium could do so well. Early in the game, you are presented with two identical doorways. Before you can decide whether to […]
November 3, 2013
My new record is available to download from iTunes and Amazon. It’s mostly instrumental and influenced by the prospect of redundancy with a hint of mysticism. The lovely cover art was created by the illustrator Nicky Borowiec. Her website is teaandabiscuit.co.uk. She’s selling greetings cards and prints at the Balham Craft and Vintage Fair on […]
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