Steve Hackett – a glimpse of Genesis
Steve Hackett rose to prominence in the 1970s as guitarist and songwriter with legendary progtastic band Genesis. I wasn’t fortunate enough to see Genesis live in their heyday, but last night at Leamington Spa’s Assembly Rooms Hackett took to the stage and I got a sense of how it might have been. Apart from tribute [...]
Intelligent comedy, isn’t it?
Britain has a fine tradition of producing clever comedy duos: The Two Ronnies, Morecombe and Wise, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie to name three of the very best. Happily, Britons are still rising to meet the standards left by the aforementioned legends: for example Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, David Mitchell and Robert Webb and [...]
On This Deity
I have recently been following a new blog, hosted by Dorian Cope (pictured) called On This Deity. Since August Dorian has daily been commemorating what she calls ‘culture heroes’ and reminding us of world events that have in some way had a pivotal impact on culture, society, thinking, politics or science. You know, the big [...]
Get your map in Stanton on Saturday
I will be in Stanton Harcourt Village Hall this Saturday, 6 November, from 12noon until 2pm selling maps of Stanton Harcourt, Woodstock and Eynsham, as well as cards and prints. I will be displaying the originals, too! I will be doing this again on Saturday 4 December, same time, same place. I will take my [...]
Maps – as seen on the BBC
News of my maps has made it to a very nice article on the BBC website. I also appeared in a short item on BBC TV Oxford News in the bulletins at 6.30pm and 10.30pm, which was fun. If you’d like a map, please visit my online shop, or simply email me.
