The Dandy Warhols go to Blackpool
Great new video from The Dandy Warhols but I’m not sure that the Blackpool tourist board will approve!
The Chubby Challenge
One of the great things about the Internet is that it allows new ideas to be quickly built and got into the hands of the public without having to spend huge amounts of cash. This has allowed countless number of people to become entrepreneurs even if only in a very small way. And now it …
Order! Order!
Every Wednesday at midday in the Houses of Parliament, when sitting, is Prime Minister’s Questions. An opportunity for members of the house to ask questions of the PM. It is the only opportunity you will get to see a pantomime outside of the Christmas period! Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to be in the public gallery …
Cheap Flights with Fascinating Aida
Ho Ho holistic laughter therapy with Dr Phil Hammond
What we did on our Hols
Weyfest 2012
A couple of weekends ago I attended my first music in, well, decades. In the intervening period things have got in the way of attending any other festivals, such as work, children and liking my creature comforts. So when the opportunity to attend Weyfest presented itself I was keen as: a) the line-up was good, …
BT London Live
The final stop on our big Olympics tour was to Hyde Park for BT London Live. This was basically five large screens showing live olympics action with concession stands around the outside selling Olympic tat and over priced food and drink. There was also a main stage that was showing a number of different groups …
Push-up Bus
One of the things I liked about London 2012 was the stuff that was organised on the periphery, such as music concerts and public works of art. On the walk into the stadium we noticed a mobile phone mast that had been disguised as an Olympic torch, which was rather cool. Not sure if it …
Olympic Park
After months of waiting the Olympics, for us, were finally here. Of course I don’t mean as a competitor but as a spectator. Over the long months leading up the the day we had been very much conditioned by the media to believe that it would be a complete and utter disaster. The trains and tubes either …