Archive | August, 2005

Pick Me Up – short cuts

It’s my turn to edit Pick Me Up (www.putmedown.com) next week along with Charlie Tims. We think the theme will be ‘short cuts’ so let me know if you’ve got any ways of saving time that other people should know about. Going to bed wearing your socks so you don’t have to put them on [...]

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Port Eliot photos

Just popped some new photos on Flickr of the Port Eliot Lit Fest from a few weeks ago. There are also some shots of things growing in my garden, including what I’m hoping will be the winning entry in the BedZED sunflower competition.

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What the Dormouse Said

My new computer arrived last week. A sleek, silver new Apple PowerBook to replace an aging iBook that was beginning to creak. As I took the new machine out of its box I felt I understood a little better what went into it because I’ve just read an excellent book. What The Dormouse Said is [...]

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Small is beautiful

I went along with some friends to a great little festival in Cornwall last weekend called the Port Elliot Literature Festival. The journey took 13 hours and the Cornish drizzle was fairly persistent, but once it all got going it was brilliant. Geoff Dyer is one of my favourites and didn’t disappoint. He read a [...]

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