Marques Toliver on Brick Lane (by yours truly…)
Posted the first medium format captures from my Yashica Mat 124-G today. It’s going to be an expensive habit, but I’m all in…
"your message did not pass the spam filter" - Dear Myspace, do you really have to go out of your way to remind me why I left you years ago?
Dear Southbank: Laptop curfew after 18:30 in the Members' Bar? Awha'dat? Feel free to enforce it AFTER you refund my membership fee...
“But then, we’re left with following up. And like development work that often gets short-shrifted at the end of the project, so does the follow-up. And following up is, in fact, perhaps the most important act of all.” -
The other 20 percent - Bobulate
Dear poetry students: You know how I bust my chops generating weird and wonderful writing exercises to challenge the way you write? And you know how most of you rarely ever edit your work beyond a first draft unless I stand at the front of class and pull my tough-love cruel-to-be-kind routine? Allow me to introduce you to Liz Danzico. She knows what she’s talking about. You should listen to her, then come back and listen to me. That is all.
Barbican Poets did a fantastic job in tonight's showcase. I'm mighty proud. Next generation poets? Got it covered...
“I regard the piece of paper as my employer. I have to fill that piece of paper. How I feel– whether it is difficult or not, whether I am stuck or not– is irrelevant.” - Ayn Rand
Last call - Barbican Poets showcase tonight at the Barbican, Pit Theatre, 18.30. Free admission. Support the up and comings...
Barbican Poets showcase tomorrow, 6.30pm in the Pit Theatre at the Barbican. I'd like a full house for the poets, please- holler for a seat.
“…times change and things move on, and street photography is a record of that at ground level. That is why it is so important to resist calls for it to be banned or controlled.” -
Why street photography is facing a moment of truth
(via La Pura Vida)
Panton Street.
Saw my first iPad today, courtesy of the Uni of Central Lancashire. I can wait for the London launch, but when they get here, first dibs.
At the London Book Fair - just finished speaking as a panellist on Diversity in Publishing. Wonder how the charter will be implemented...
I do believe that’s Noddy (Brick Lane).
Equality and diversity in publishing - what does it mean to you? http://bit.ly/dzPTHr
"the most imaginative kids are often the trouble-makers" - Jonah Lehrer on classroom creativity... http://bit.ly/98pXr5
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Dang. Futurising looks hot. Can't remember any creative recruitment festies this interesting when I was a graduate... http://bit.ly/a2T2TN
