William Blake: Rebel Radical Revolutionary at Tate Britain

I will always freely admit that, while I've always had a casual interest, my knowledge of art is limited. That said I just about know enough to know William Blake from Peter Blake so, when I had the chance to visit a new exhibition of the former's work at Tate Britain I had to take...

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition – The Design Museum, Kensington, London – May 2019

Six years or so ago when I made my first trip to Los Angeles it happened to coincide (by pure chance) with an exhibition looking at the work of Stanley Kubrick. Now here we are in 2019 and a version of the same exhibition has made it to the Design Museum on Kensington High Street...

The Wildhearts and Raging Speedhorn – Concorde 2, Brighton – 20/08/18

Before I get to the music, which is part of the extended Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour that began earlier in the year when The Wildhearts, Terrorvision and Reef co headlined a run of dates up and down the country, a bit about the venue. This was my first visit to Brighton and so my...

1000 Posts Later…

A little over six years ago I started this blog as a place to archive some of the freelance writing I was doing for different magazines and newspapers, as well a seeing a place for original articles and entries related to my radio work. Now, as I hit 1000 posts, I thought I'd take a...

Engage Warp Drive and Chris Foss Exhibition – Guernsey Museum at Candie

Following their exhibition of Guernsey photos of the post-Victorian years the Guernsey Museum couldn't have staged something more different as, along with the Guernsey Arts Commission, they have now given over their joint exhibition spaces to a look at artefacts from the history of science fiction, along with work by Guernsey based artist Chris Foss,...

Fourteen Days in Trump’s America: Part 3 – Disneyland, The Magic Castle and more, October 2017

Click here to read part 2 In the previous part of this blog I looked at what I described as the 'real' part of Los Angeles, from the slightly too grimy streets of Downtown to the small town charm of El Segundo along with traditional tourist attractions like the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long...

Fourteen Days in Trump’s America: Part 2 – Los Angeles, October 2017

Click here to read part one On my last two visits to California I made the journey from the Bay Area to Los Angeles using the Amtrak Coast Starlight railway service. While an in places spectacular (if fairly slow) ride, having done it twice it felt a little like a wasted day to do it...

Fourteen Days in Trump’s America: Part 1 – San Francisco, October 2017

Ok I'll admit that given the fact I'm talking about a visit to California, specifically in this case San Francisco, we are far from the heart of Trump's America. But, given the inescapable nature of his presence over the last twelve months (and more) it's hard to avoid it even when visiting this most liberal...

Guernsey Museum at Candie – Unseen World, Evolution and Folklore Exhibitions

When you live somewhere it's very easy to overlook and almost forget about some of the things right on your doorstep that are generally considered as something for tourists. So, having seen the latest exhibition at the Guernsey Museum at Candie Gardens was coming to an end and that they'd just opened a new section...

Torteval Scarecrow Festival 2017

This is a slightly strange one as it feels a bit like a travel blog more than anything else though I only travelled five or six miles from home, to Guernsey's most south-westerly parish, for the 14th annual Torteval Scarecrow Festival. For clarity I'll add that, in many ways, Torteval is something of a home...