Another year has passed since I last made some music recommendations. So here goes… That people are out there tracking down strange, amazing, otherwise-impossible-to-find things and showing them to the world is probably what I love most about living in the internet age. But what was new in 2011 for me was that much of [...]
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WORDY FUN FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas. You know how it is. Mandatory family fun. Squabbling over who had the last strawberry creme out of the Quality Street tin, charades, damp Twiglets. Monopoly, cheese football fights, Twister… Why not do something wordily fun this Christmas? WORD & QUESTION!!! This picture was inspired by a very early poem concocted as a result [...]
Indeed / In Chambers
My thanks to my friend the formidable James N. for making me grin with this: I might fault the extra ‘i’ in ‘Moriarty’ but with the rest I only heartily concur: it may well be that behind Chuck Norris‘ beard there is another fist, but in terms of miles covered and enemies suavely bested Peter [...]
*Imagine the theme from Black Beauty here*
Are we sitting comfortably, dear ones? Because today we’re talking about magical horses. LOVELY! NOT. Isn’t he adorable? This is a kelpie. Kelpies live in lochs and rivers in Scotland, are very beautiful horses, and are terribly friendly. A kelpie will always be happy to help, a bit like an assistant in B&Q, but with [...]
Monsters at The Victoria and Albert Museum
This afternoon I met this dude: Isn’t he handsome? His name is Silver Streak. He was created by David Mach, he’s a good couple of metres tall and he appears to be made entirely out of coat hangers. Silver Streak is currently part of a really brilliant (and free) little exhibition called The Power of [...]
See The Universe For Free
If you haven’t already caught the Out of This World exhibition at London’s British Library, you’ve only a few weeks left: it finishes on Sept 25th. The exhibition presents beautiful and rare editions of a host of wonders from the history of SF, together with perceptive commentary, author interviews and all manner of other imagination-expanding [...]
DNBRD
Quick post about something rather splendid I discovered recently: this Saturday, 6th August 2011, is Do Nothing But Read Day! If you click on the link to the DNBRD website you’ll get the idea, but the admirably simple rules of the day are as follows: You have to read. This can be whatever format you [...]
Run, don’t walk, from…. the MONSTERS FROM THE MORGUE!
Heyho, Guest blogger Laura here once more to share some monsterlicious news. For those of you who like monsters, movies and comics (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) this is the stuff for you! You may recall my rather swift last post which mentioned my mental busyness on ‘super fun top secret project’ ???? No? [...]
Spin City
The Book Spinner – aka Michael from Erdington Library in Birmingham – takes Scream Street 1: Fang of the Vampire for a spin!
The Way Through The Woods
It has long been observed that the phrase ‘cellar door’ is the most beautiful in the English language, perhaps because of its poetic sound and/or because of some romantic notion behind the meaning – the mystery of what lies beyond, the possibility of escape, of adventure, of release, of leaving the mundane world behind. Literary admirers of [...]
