I went to the the London Calling new short films screening earlier this week, part of the London Film festival. I was really impressed by ...

My wake up song this week is 'Four Words ' by Parenthetical Girls. It feels like a magical adventure accompanied by your most loyal...

I went to the Barbican last night and saw a performance by the Cloud Gate Theatre Company of Taiwan, it was brilliant and puzzling. The fina...

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I've realized that my not being able to cook is a problem so I have decided to ask my friends to teach me (and my mother, I hope at som...

My wake up song this week is a live performance by 3 great singers : Etta James, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight accompanied by the wonderful B...

Reading a memoir by the late Richard Kennedy of his youthful apprenticeship at Leonard and Virginia Woolf ‘s Hogarth press. It’s refreshin...

My wake up song this week (a rather exciting week, a belated surprise birthday party had been arranged for me and although I suspected some ...

Last week I saw some films at the animation festival in London. 'City Paradise' by the film maker Gaelle Dennis really caught my eye...

Sadly, I've just heard that the legendary Ellie Greenwich has passed away. What an extraordinary talent, not only did she co-write some ...

My wake up song this week is from one of my favourite artists Serge Gainsbourg. He also sings on the record with Michele Arnaud. I love the...

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Whew ! I was 40 last week. Thank you very much for all the kind birthday wishes I have received. I remember when I was a teenager there was ...

My wake up song this week is 'Bang On' by The Breeders. It's the kind of the record that makes me feel like I'm in a cartoon...

My five year old nephew, Louis, has begun writing. In a neat hand, hardly a child's scrawl, he patiently begins : 'Honey, honey'...

Have you ever seen the movie 'Paper Moon' ? I'm reading the original book that the film is based upon by Joe David Brown. It...

I've just discovered the works of the artist Su Blackwell. She works with paper and creates book-cut sculptures that are really enchanti...

I met up with friends in Italy this weekend in the beautiful city of Vicenza. Naturally we ate Baccala, drank Prosecco and visited some Pall...

Paris again this week. It is very hot and quite empty and in the evenings walking across the city you feel like you are in an early 1970s ...

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