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Untitled 8 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
For gorgeous summer tunes from Dirty Art Club – pop on over to my online jukebox High Tunes and listen for free. You’ll also find a selection of the very best in summer soundtracks, lovingly picked by...
Sunflower – Digital Painting 3 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
It’s the height of summer, so let’s see some sunflowers! This is another attempt at digital painting, this time showing my source material. Below is the edited photograph which it’s based on. And her...
Garden Smoke 31 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
The hidden painter inside me often collides with pixels. For an artist, I’m more likely to be messing around with iPad apps than actually throwing paint at a canvas. And graphic design is so clean sin...
The Garden of England 22 Jul 2013 | 09:11 pm
There’s a reason it’s called ‘the garden of England’ – Kent is full of chocolate box villages. Driving through scenery like this is a slow process if you brake for photo opportunities. We stayed in a...
Goldfrapp’s Tales of Us – Reviewed 20 Jul 2013 | 12:01 am
The dust is settling in Manchester after a storming performance from Goldfrapp at The Albert Hall, showcasing their new album Tales of Us. Due for release in September, the new songs whisper and tipt...
Goldfrapp – new album debut live at The Albert Hall 17 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
The spellbinding sound of Goldfrapp playing to their strengths is driving fandom wild. Teaser track Drew was released as a beautiful video on Monday, and Manchester is holding it’s breath for the albu...
Barbecue Sunset 16 Jul 2013 | 08:36 pm
It’s been a while since I made a film, and this is two minutes of sun, song and sausages. The allotment is the most wonderful place to chill, although I got sunburn (in Manchester?) and lightly grille...
California Dreaming 8 Jul 2013 | 06:05 pm
California, England. It’s not where you expect to find a California, but there it is, clinging to the Norfolk cliffs, next to Scratby. We would tell our schoolfriends we went to California every year ...
Beach Rain 5 Jul 2013 | 05:28 pm
“Feel the rain like an English summer, Hear the notes from a distant song.” ___________________ Sometimes, when you’re stumbling along in wet sand, trying to take pictures of everything at once, a ...
Summer Salt 4 Jul 2013 | 12:09 am
My sunny memories of childhood holidays in Norfolk have blurred slightly, like the faded glamour of an English seaside village. I’m the Time Travel Tourist, powered by nostalgia, jaunting back to the ...