Month: May 2012

  • Screen Printing

    I spent today at Print Club London on their beginners’ screen printing workshops. Eight or so of us learnt some of the basics of screen printing. You can see my results above and below from some artwork I brought with me. It was really interesting learning about the different techniques that you can apply even…

  • The Photographers’ Gallery

    Tomorrow evening across Europe, millions of people will be watching the annual festival of… well… music I guess, that is the Eurovision Song Contest. There have already been a couple of semi-finals, with the big show happening in Baku tomorrow night. So it was interesting in the same week as this is happening to go…

  • How Should I See Prometheus?

    I’m an enormous fan of Sir Ridley Scott, and can claim to have seen pretty much everything he’s directed. Yes, even the horror that was A Good Year. So with Prometheus imminent, with personal anticipation levels matched only by Dark Knight Rises, and perhaps Skyfall, I decided tonight that I really ought to sort out…

  • RAJAR Q1 2012

    It’s May, and that means it’s time for another round of radio numbers and RAJAR. I’m not sure that there’s a completely compelling over-arching story this time around. Nationally, Radio 1 has slipped a little in reach and hours, but Radio 2 has done well with a decent increase in reach to nearly 14.6m adults,…

  • Damien Hirst

    A friend organised a trip to Tate Modern to see the new Damien Hirst exhibition. To be honest, I’m not really a fan of his. Partly it’s the distaste I have for the overtly commercial imperatives placed on his work, either by him or others, and partly it’s the nature of it. You hear stories…

  • Rolling Thunder

    listen to ‘Storm Passing By’ on Audioboo I just can’t help myself when there’s a storm. I need to get out there and experience it. Sadly, this one passed away just that bit too far in the north, and I missed the initial hail. Still, here’s a binaural recording of some of the rolling thunder.…