Category: life
- 10 years of revolution ()
It’s 10 years today since Martha Lane Fox sent the “Revolution not evolution” letter to Francis Maude, and changed how the UK government worked with the internet. (The letter, and its reply, weren’t published until a few weeks later, in November 2010. But as I did in the GDS story, I’m going with 14 October […]
- The splinter ()
I’m publishing this on #WorldMentalHealthDay. I wrote it over a year ago, before the pandemic. I didn’t have the courage to publish it then. It still applies now. I’ve been guilty of numb silence. My way of withdrawing from everything and everyone, not because I don’t want to be with them, but because I fear […]
- Tested ()
The boy came home on Saturday with a cough and a sore throat, so we jumped on the internet to book a coronavirus test. I was really impressed, because we were offered a drive-through test less than 3 miles away, and less than an hour ahead. We barely had time for a cup of tea […]
- Sitting doing nothing on Charmouth beach ()
There was a pandemic, so we cancelled our holiday and spent a week “not working” instead. On Monday the weather was amazing, so we got up early and drove to Charmouth for a laze on the beach. Charmouth is the place where you go to find fossils. I went for a wander along the beach […]
- Greenhouse last gasp ()
As the rest of the garden starts to wilt and look autumnal, there’s loads of stuff growing and ripening in the greenhouse. Still lots of good things to eat. None of this is my work, I should add. All of it is down to Kate. My potatoes are long since dug up, shared with the […]
- Over-overview ()
Back in the early 2000s, I bought a book of aerial photos of London. It was called London, A Photographic Atlas and it was published by getmapping.com. This was, of course, years before Google Maps. Google itself was just a mere baby at this point. Like lots of people I did some clearing out during […]
- I subscribed to Loud and Quiet and now I’m writing about it ()
Not long after lockdown started, I saw a tweet from Gemma Samways about Loud and Quiet, a music magazine I’d never read before. Pre-pandemic, it relied on advertisers to pay the bills, and gave away the magazine for free. The pandemic took away gigs and festivals and most of the mag’s income, so the editors […]
- 18 ()
B turned 18 today. It feels like he only arrived a blink ago. I made him a little book of Dadly advice: It’s the sort of stuff he probably doesn’t need, or want, to hear or read right now. But maybe in a few years, some of it might come in useful. In another blink […]
- Some flahs ()
- Not in the studio ()
We’re 100+ days into lockdown, and I’m still not back in this little studio, broadcasting my little show. It makes me very sad. I miss the scruffy room and miss the twiddly knobs and buttons. I miss the fun of compiling my show playlist during the week. I miss the motivation it gives me to […]