My journals from 1984 until now
Sunday 22nd of June 2014 – The Trip: Jeff Mills + A Guy Called Gerald We weren’t sure what to expect from this. Dance music at the Royal Festival Hall? Not allowed to stand up, for starters. What would the atmosphere be like? When we got to the Southbank Centre we got ourselves drinks and … Read more
Saturday 21st of June 2014 – People’s Assembly against Austerity March http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/ People’s Assembly Twitter Feed (Twitter, futurally known as X) There was little press coverage about this march, nothing from the BBC, I complained as have others. An estimated 50,000 people attended. Francesca Martinez’s speech was moving and peppered with ‘F***s’ and all the … Read more
Saturday 19th of April 2014 – Pieris Japonica When we moved to our house in April 2007 we were pleasantly surprised to see this very small (80cm) but beautiful tree (it’s actually a shrub… But it can get up to 10m on rare occasions) at the back of our garden. Sadly I’m no plant connoisseur … Read more
Wednesday 26th of March 2014 – NUT Strike No school for you today, as the NUT is on strike. Coincidentally, I have the day off, so I went to Oxford Circus to buy some clothes for our upcoming holiday. I spent a couple of hours in Top Shop, that place is overwhelmingly big! Got two … Read more
Friday 21st of March 2014 – Sport Relief @ VeloPark I got an email a few weeks ago about this event, a legacy of when I bought tickets to the Paralympics. I still get emails – I’m glad I didn’t unsubscribe, for once. For a mere £15 we would get to spend the evening at … Read more