https://secure.flickr.com/photos/8944205@N02/2779045098/ I saw a tag on Twitter — #AZApril — with people linking to blogposts. I didn’t really follow it up though to start with but it gave me what I thought was a fun idea (until I started) of doing a kind of personal A-Z of influences and interests Buzzfeed ‘listicle’ style ☺ So this post is loosely…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40722386@N04/6079919414 ..BS1 & BS8 This entirely beautiful video is doing the rounds a bit on social media at the moment. It is the result of months of work from the artist behind it and showcases Bristol wonderfully. Sort of. Related to this was the news that the ‘Sunday Times’ had voted Bristol the best place to…

an unconference for the comic-con crowd A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…well the 1930’s in London and New York anyway. Two different groups of science fiction fans got together to partake in the first two sci-fi conventions (and then rowed over who was legitimately first for years to come.) The Futurians…

My commute is a subject never far from my thoughts. I wake up wondering what public transport calamity will befall me that day. I fall to sleep wondering if I remembered to charge the devices that make my commute bearable and often get up to check. I have a commuting rhythm and any slight knock…

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Suspension_bridge_at_Clifton.jpg A Bristol comic book adventure…maybe? I’ve always wanted to write my own comic book. In fact at one point I thought my limited drawing skills might stretch to also providing the art for my little comic. This was clearly a dream too far! For a few years now I’ve been playing with the same…