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Goodbye

Goodbye

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou wrote your life upon the pages,Of a book no one has read,You dreamed your dreams upon the stage,Of a theatre in your head.Farewell your life in the dusty streets,Of a town you used to call your home,The dead-end streets that gave to you,All you’ve 

Scarborough

Scarborough

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve not managed a holiday this year, for various reasons, but we have managed a rather good day out in Scarborough, courtesy of Unison. This is one of the perks being a member offers; a free day trip to the sea-side each year, and with 

Claire

Claire

Reading Time: 2 minutesThey were still young when he first met her,To fragile to hold, he feared she would be torn.So many miles and lives between them,It could have been, but life was just too cruel. And on that day when she first held him,She felt him inside, 

Old Skool Acid Fun

Old Skool Acid Fun

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSo it’s not often you get a new track ready in the space of a few hours. Actually that’s not fully true, but for the purposes of now, and today, and slinging together an album at some point it is. I made this getting on 

Hiraeth

Hiraeth

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s just another town on a Friday night,Broken and bleeding too tired to fight,Sit and dream on my own as the daylight is fading,Relentlessly scenes from the past are returning. All the beers and the girls, self abuse and deception,Along with the faces and endless 

Splitzed and hacked and filtered…

Splitzed and hacked and filtered…

Reading Time: 4 minutesAnd so, back again to the dreaded Lomography. It is funny how it always ends up there.  One thing I will say is that the Lomography crowd have an almost insatiable desire for hacking things, making cameras do weird and wonderful effects and sometimes I 

Heptonstall

Heptonstall

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I probably complain quite a bit about, having a young child and trying to get anything done can be quite a challenge at times. Often, Photography and entertaining the kids need to be combined – I’ve not done much recently, but to give a 

Requiem Ensanglanté

Requiem Ensanglanté

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m pretty excited to reveal to you a new project… Over two decades ago I started writing lyrics, charting my story from leaving my Hometown of Cambridge, moving to Leeds and the relationships, adventures, fuckups and learning that I went through. Of course, like many 

Building a Guitar

Building a Guitar

Reading Time: 5 minutesI have wanted a 12 string electric for a while – a lot of what I do with guitars is drones and textures, so having messed about a bit with a 12 string acoustic for a while I though this might be a fun new 

Hockney and Saltaire

Hockney and Saltaire

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently we have had a bit of a resurgence in playing the recorder in these parts, having received a Treble for Christmas. For a bit of a day out we decided to take a trip over to Saltaire – not far up the road (or 

Winter Snow and Lights

Winter Snow and Lights

Reading Time: 2 minutesSo on the eve of the new year, we have been treated with a little bit of proper winter. Doubtless we’ll end up having a pretty shit spring and I will eat those words, but actually having some snow and the chance to have a 

Chatsworth House

Chatsworth House

Reading Time: 2 minutesA quick visit to Chatsworth House, for family business, I grabed the chance for a few quick photos of the gardens, still looking quite green for this late in the year. And a few in the greenhouse. This year has been characterised a little by