Unchained
Today I saw a competition on shortlist.com. The challenge was to create a movie poster for the film Django Unchained. Clearly, among London’s abundance of despicably talented graphic designers, my…
Bond in a bottle
Some six months after I whimsically requested a free sample of the new 007 aftershave, I checked my postbox this morning to find a card with a slim plastic sachet…
Love Bites
Just lately, I put together a poster for Love Bites. They run several nights a year producing one-act plays and doing rehearsed readings of new writing. The next night is a…
A brave new world
One of the things I used to love most about working in print was that you could write an article, send it into the black hole of someone’s inbox, and…
Frosty siestas
I was reading lately on the BBC website about the Nordic practice of putting babies outside for their naps, even in the dead of winter. Interestingly there doesn’t seem to…
One-pot Moroccan veggie stew
Another one for Scouting magazine’s excellent Get Active supplement.
King of the NCP
Lately I have been enjoying the extensive press coverage of the discovery of a spindly Yorkist child-slayer stuck under a car park in the Midlands. Mary Beard may well have…
Helpful instructions
One of my mum’s hobbies is quilting, for which she uses a pen with ink that disappears over the course of a day or so. As if having a hobby…
My top five everyday gadgets
I’ve never been one of those fellows who are romanced by gadgets. As far as I am concerned, they mainly fall into four categories. Things which make a simple task easier, but…
