George Bellows At RA
Today I went to see “George Bellows 1882-1925 Modern American Life” at the Royal Academy of Arts. It’s the first time …
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Choucair At Tate Modern
Yesterday I went to see the Saloua Raouda Choucair show at the Tate Modern. As it was quite small, I went to see the Lichtenstein show again …
Understated Classics #23: Gorgeous by 808 State
It was quite hard to choose an 808 State album for the understated classics series for two reasons. The first is that I was introduced to …
Lichtenstein At Tate Modern
This was a show that I had put off going to see for quite a while now. Looking online at the pictures featured in the show did not really …
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot
“The Marriage Plot” by Jeffrey Eugenides is a novel about love and growing up set in the privileged world of US academia in the …
Star Trek: Into Darkness - A Short Review
I saw Star Trek: Into Darkness last night in 3D at the IMAX in Waterloo. I am going to have to separate this into a review into two parts, a …
Album Digest, April 2013
Some great albums this month!
Why I Love On The Road
I was fifteen when I first read “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac and recently, after twice as much lifetime lived, I was able to …
Album Digest, March 2013
Just the David Bowie album this month as it’s pretty much the only new music that I’ve listened to.
Iain M. Banks, Consider Phlebas
A while back, I decided I was going to write about the Iain M. Banks sci-fi-novels (mainly as a respite from having to read and write about …
Understated Classics #22: Walking With Thee by Clinic
“Walking With Thee” is the second album by Liverpool band Clinic. It was released in 2002, which seems like an age ago now. Even longer ago …
A Work Of Art At The End Of My Road?
I have had a lot of ideas for posts swirling around in my head in recent days. This is because I have actually done quite a lot of cool …