Category: just for fun
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Spain
Although there are certain aspects of my job that I am less than happy about, I have to admit that it has brought me opportunities that even a few years ago I would have found difficult to imagine. Many of these revolve around the chance to travel to places I would otherwise not have seen,…
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Lancaster Castle
Back in February, as part of the Embodiment and New Materialism conference in Lancaster, I was part of a drama workshop which took place in Lancaster Castle. It was somewhere that I’d been intending to visit for a long time, but had somehow never got around to it. So over the Easter break, we all…
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Academics with chameleons
I don’t spend a lot of time on Twitter, but I have noticed the hashtag ‘academics with cats’. Cats are a big thing on Twitter. Personally, I’m not keen on cats – they interfere with the birds and shrews in my garden and leave behind unpleasant deposits that threaten my children’s health. So I’ve started…
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Summer holidays with history
After being rather unwell at the beginning of 2016, I decided that this summer I would spend as much time on holiday as I could. This was only made possible by the fact that we have access to a caravan that is currently in Oban, and we have a trailer tent, and it meant that…
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Wall of Chocolate
I am slightly afraid that I might be buried alive by a chocolate avalanche in the night. In an homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Fags, Mags and Bags’, I have built a Wall of Chocolate instead of a Wall of Crisps. What this Christmas lacked in books (not a single one, for the first time…
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Roots
Where did my thesis come from? It was born of the twin passions for history and music that go back to childhood, although I’d be the first to agree that it neither had a trouble-free gestation (it’s something of a mutation), nor was it entirely my idea. They are bound up together in my love…
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Autumn Break
As we didn’t get much of a summer holiday, what with the small matter of a thesis to finish, we’ve just enjoyed a few wet and windy days in Dumfries. We got completely soaked through at Caerlaverock Castle, the only triangular castle in Britain, went on a boat trip to Threave Castle and saw red…
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Andre Amador’s Playa Paintings are Sandy Works of Art
These are just gorgeous, so I felt the need to share. Andre Amador’s Playa Paintings are Sandy Works of Art.
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Fibre optic cranes and writing the common weal
I don’t have a lot to tell, this week (after all, it’s only a couple of days since I last posted) so I thought I’d just share the good news that I’d managed to write a bit of my common weal chapter and then post some photos of some of my favourite birds from today’s…
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Reblogged from BBC News – Fylde Guitars’ Roger Bucknall looks back at 40 years of acoustic adventures
I am lucky enough to own one of Roger’s custom-made models (though it wasn’t custom-made for me!). It will always be one of my most treasured possessions. Beautiful to look at; beautiful to hold; beautiful to listen to; beautiful to play. BBC News – Fylde Guitars’ Roger Bucknall looks back at 40 years of acoustic…
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