Architecture and other Habits

One of the more annoying things about our world is the demand we remain continually positive. Positivity only works for the very dull. I...

Of course! I realised it this morning as Julie came upstairs, beaming, to say 'It worked!!" and I beamed back. It was the Xhose. Th...

Apologies to Chuck Klosterman for nicking his title to an excellent essay on a G'n'R tribute band, but I read today that appare...

I don't know how Ms Albertine has remembered all this, but it's brilliant, an unputdownable account of a woman in rock n roll. I ...

Scott said to me 'well, excellence doesn't have a centre' and he's right. Maybe it's branding, pigeon holing, or special...

They went on and on about 'attendance' at lectures today, they saw it as a real CRISIS. I was bemused. I said, just do what I d...

Terrific painting by John Stephens, acquired today.