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Photographic Exhibitions
I went to a couple of different photographic exhibitions the other day – although only a hundred metres or so separated them – they were massively disparate in style. The V&A is hosting Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography until February 20. Using a variety of styles and techniques, the five artists featured work directly onto photographic…
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Some Christmas Television
Overall I thought that there was some pretty good stuff on at Christmas. I can’t claim to have watched all of it; just a little here and there. But here, in no particular order, are the things that have stood out for me over the period: The Magicians. I love magic on the television, and…
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Happy New Year
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Empty Shop Fronts
My local council has an initiative called “Dressing Vacant Shops” which I only noticed today. Of course it’s somewhat ironic that the photos they’re using are of shops of the sort that have basically been driven out of business by supermarkets and large chains that make too many of our High Streets look identical.
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Black Swan
I saw Black Swan a while ago. But I was asked to sign a piece of paper that said a lot of things – mostly in dense legalese. As such, I wasn’t sure that I Was allowed to say anything too much about the film until now. As it happens I loved it, and wanted…
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Click and Reserve
How does the High Street compete with the Internet? Recently there’s been a lot of talk about how unfair it is that the high street retailers have to compete with the £18 VAT avoidance that online retailers can work around if they sell their products from the Channel Islands. That’s been especially useful for CD…
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Monochrome
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Ed Reardon Returns
Photo from BBC Radio 4’s Flickr stream. The good news is that, as previously mentioned, Ed Reardon’s Week returns on January 10 with the seventh series (with a repeat of his Edinburgh special on January 3). To promote this, Ed is writing a series of posts over on the Radio 4 blog. At the time…
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Radio Times 26 December 2010
And finally, for the time being, here are you choices for Boixing Day: You’ll need to click on the large version to read it.
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Christmas So Far
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Radio Times 25 December 2010
Let’s face it, you’re going to watch TV today: Best viewed large. [Note: In fact, the programme I’m most looking forward to is later on Radio 3 – Jonny Trunk’s BBC sound effects focused Between the Ears at 2225.] Merry Christmas!
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Radio Times 24 December 2010
It’s been a while… Here are my picks for Christmas Eve from the Radio Times: As ever, best viewed large.
Podcasts, Radio, TV, Books, Cycling, Photography and More
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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