Poor old Lily – she went to school this morning for her special Reception Class assembly – parents could attend and the whole year proudly performed their assembly themed on ‘food’. Katie and I came home feeling typically proud, as would be expected. Later on, … Read More →
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Gentlemen’s Sojourn: Luckley old us.
For the first time in ages, I enjoyed a Gentlemen’s weekend away with a group of ten extremely personable and fascinating people. Dippy, an old school friend and an extended network of his friends do this type of thing once or twice per year; it’s … Read More →
Bonus family moment: Phil pops in.
My brother Phil called by today on his way between Lancaster and York on business. His arrival at about 6pm, completely unannounced, six months to the day since I last saw him, filled me with a boyish excitement that I’d almost forgotten existed. Absolutley flipping … Read More →
World War I Soldier Formations
There’s something intriguing about large scale interactive things like these World War I Soldier Formations For someone to have the balls and patience to organise it is just beyond me. It’s also deeply metaphorical about art; that it only exists when experienced by people. Flippin’ … Read More →
Farewell, Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson died on Christmas eve. What a man. You still look good to me….
Weapon Of Choice – Fatboy Slim
I was just listening to the radio, humming away to myself for a few minutes whilst the phone stopped ringing for the first time today (!) and this tune came on… which reminded me to look at what I feel is the finest pop video … Read More →
Four year old drummer to Sammy Davis Jr in about ten minutes
Lily and I do things a bit differently every Friday… we have a break from ‘story’ before bedtime, and it quite often involves surfing things on Youtube. To have all those amazing things from my childhood (and since) at my fingertips never ceases to amaze … Read More →
Elvis sings the blues
Just picked up Elvis from the vets a little bit lighter than when we dropped him off… bless him.
M-Head
M-Head Originally uploaded by Dave Haygarth I was starting to look a bit bedraggled with my slightly longer than regulation hair, and decided it was time for a change on Saturday night. It’s amazing to see that despite the clear shape of a letter M … Read More →