We had some well-needed rain recently and although the sun was in full view today, it reminded me that Summer is on the wane and I soon must turn again to my beloved bookshelf for cold-weather comfort.  I was gleefully encouraged by a terrific lost Ladybird Book that found itself to the top of a [...]

Anything can happen in films these days. Floating worlds with blue people, city-stomping robots, Victorian London recreated etc… CGI has gone beyond trying to look real, its designers and technicians have opened the envelope and created the ‘hypereal’. CGI has to be especially crap for us to even notice it these days. Indeed, much of [...]

Well, what better way to celebrate the Colourschool 2nd birthday than with a few vintage British postcards?! These have been sitting in a massive unordered pile in our sideboard for quite some time. They occasionally see the light of day when I fancy sending a someone a ‘thank-you’, but I really should get a proper [...]

I have just seen the new short film that Nick Livesy has produced for well-groomed cycling barons, Rapha. The film is an evocative but gritty take on the personal sacrifices of Johan Museeuw, twists, turns and history of one of the cycling calendar’s toughest races, the Paris Roubaix. Ridley Scott Associates have clearly had a [...]

I have no shame in admitting that I’m English (I can see my Scottish mates rolling their eyes right now when I say that… heh heh). Although, I have to say that my personal hierarchy of loyalty goes in the following order: I’m a Yorkshireman first, then I’m British and English last. But why English [...]

The BBC have just launched their new (and improved, but not yet perfect) news site. I thought I would pick out a feature that caught my eye as an excuse to test it out. The other day, the MOD announced their new impressive looking Taranis UCAV.  Seemingly capable of mashing up a small village without the [...]

When the air temperature has warmed and the fields are growing rare in colour, a very fantastic sporting event takes place once a year. The Tour de France (Le Tour) has been the cornerstone of spectator sport for me since I was young enough to leave the stabilisers in the garage. As a keen (casual) [...]

Last week a colleague placed a stack of old journals and design magazines outside his office for anyone to take if they so wished. As usual, I was late to the feast and discovered only a cursory stack of heavily thumbed, two year-old Architect’s Journals remaining. A good read, but not for my already burdened [...]