April Fools Day And Flying Penguins
So it’s April the 1st which means loads of “April Fools” jokes floating around the web, most of them not particularly amusing. There are several from Google (which I found mildly amusing), YouTube...
View ArticlePulitzer Feature Photography Winner 2008
Preston Gannaway of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor won this year’s Pulitzer prize for feature photography by chronicling a family coping with a terminal illness. I watched it with the sound turned down...
View ArticleThe Cheeky Rascals Round Scotland Tour
Some friends of mine are taking part in a 1300 mile round-Scotland cycle ride to raise funds for a children’s hospital back home. If you’ve got any spare cash and were thinking of buying a lottery...
View ArticleBravery In Adversity
I’ve just been listening to a young man called Adrian Sudbury talking on the radio about being faced with terminal leukaemia and having only weeks to live. Hearing him talk about putting things in...
View ArticleStephen Fry’s Thoughts On The BBC
I subscribe to Stephen Fry’s infrequent but fascinating podgrams (which are podcasts of the essays on his blog) and his most recent edition (episode 4) was called ‘The BBC and the future of...
View ArticleThe World Is Definitely Moving On
My dad went into hospital on Tuesday for back surgery and before I got the chance to call the ward and find out how the operation went on Wednesday my dad had texted me: “Went well, hope to get out...
View Article2010 Through The Eye Of A Lens
The Boston Big Picture with a collection of some beautiful, some moving and some shocking photos covering the year 2010 – and all of them are stunning. Proof if ever it was needed that a picture paints...
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