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What's on here and across the Channel?

Well someone just emailed to suggest picking up a copy of "Coast To Coast" magazine (does it have Fred Dinenage and Fern Britten on the cover?) but you can also see what's going on the homepage of the Gerald...MORE than sixty summer festivals and eve...

Colour of Magic: QUITE GOOD

Enjoyed The Colour Of Magic, we watched it last night. Next part to watch tonight, hopefully. Why not treat yourself to this signed first edition Terry Pratchett of The Colour Of Magic TERRY PRATCHETT - THE COLOUR OF MAGIC - SIGNED BY TERRY PRATCHETT...

Apple Airbook

There's a new ultra portable mac to be announced todday I think, some speculation here on Wired, see how everyone has to comment without reading the article? (Cue replies here, missing the point of this post, if there was a point, and there were any ...

An elusive item for all fans of the Clarke Family

This looks interesting, an invitation to a preview of a retrospective of the works of David Clarke, son of Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke. If you can have such a thing as a preview to a retrospective.You are bidding for a paperback exhibtion previe...

A couple of modern affordable Harry Clarke books

Firstly Queens, I have a copy of this book, and it's nice but slim, it's a collection of colour plates of a series of nine windows that are in private hands, I think I paid twenty four pounds for mine, happy bidding... Secondly, a book that we got ne...

Harry Clarke / Fairy Tales

first edition Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, quite a high starting bid of $280, but it does look nice......

Day of SPORT

No, more likely day of EATING, with SPORT for dessert. Don't suppose we'll see any of the England v Estonia game today though you never know, we will be in Canterbury. There's some kind of food fair on in Dane John gardens, which is near the bus stat...

Old Bailey Online

A useful genealogical resource, if you think your ancestors might have been up in front of the Old Bailey! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of...

Tales of mystery and imagination

No family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o...

Malice Box Quest

I made this, it's a game, all part of promoting a new book. The game goes live on 15th of Jan AFAIK, though you can register now. You can win a holiday and things by answering questions,following clues, and wiggling your way round a little google map...

'Hope value' spurs Kent commuter housing market

From Kent News:THE prospect of fast train links into London is fuelling interest in the East Kent housing market.A new review of the country�s property hotspots has identified what analysts call the �hope value� attached to the high-speed rail link, ...

Fareham: NOT the worst place in the country to live

From Portsmouth today, in reopnse to a recent survey...Leader forces climbdown by newspapersTWO national newspapers have been forced into a climbdown by a council over stories about a survey that claimed it was the worst place in the country to buy a...

Charles Perrault fairy tales, in Dutch

Illustrated by Harry Clarke, Check it out here...Henry "Harry" Patrick Clarke (1889-1931), born in Dublin, began his work life first at an architect's office and then as an apprentice at his father's stained glass art firm. He studied art at the Dub...

Gig guide from this week in 1981!

so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though...

Ireland's Memorial Records 1914-18

A book, with decorative borders by Harry Clarke:Ireland's Memorial Records 1914-18; vol. 3, DOV to GYV; 8 decorative borders by Clarke, repeated throughout the volume; 384pp, 290 x 200mm; decorated soft wrappers; Naval & Military Press n.d. 1st thus;...

Another Harry Clarke auction

Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales, with colour plates intact. Low price, but high postage. Still getting plenty of bids though, will we ever get lucky with a copy of this?Published by G. Harrap & Company Ltd, Portsmouth, 1931 HB Cloth. Harry Clarke (illust...

More CAPTCHA fun

Now you have to type in a number when you leave me a message, hope that's not too laborious for you... This is annoying, but the sites are getting targetted by monster spam bots that are automatically posting loads of comments with links to pharmaceu...

A Reputed Changling

Just found this e-book by Charlotte M. Yonge, a transcription of a book originally published in 1889, so it now seems to be out of copyright. Anyway, posted here because of all the mentions of Portchester, Cosham, Widley, Alverstoke etc, where the bo...

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone!

No not a headline from the Herald, but a new book by Martin Easdown and Linda Sage, sounds great! I think it's new anyway, and not yet actually published...Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone takes the reader on a sinister journey thro...

Bidding's started on Faust

Faust, illustrated by Harry Clarke, a first edition I think from 1925. I love the pictures on this one.Faust. illustrated by Harry Clarke. Translated by Bayard Taylor. DE LUXE EDITION. All illustrations are complete, and in excellent condition. Thoug...

Get a copy of the local paper

I think it depends on the area and it depends on what sort of deposit you have. I've had my two bedroom place two years now, and I think it was worth the 140k we paid for it, but if we were to rent it out the most I've seen a two bed advertised for i...

FOLKESTONE POET MAKES BOOK CHART

Folkestone poet Ben Barton has made the Amazon UK's Top 5 'Hot Books' chart with his debut poetry collection...Called THE RED BOOK, it is described as his �greatest hits collection� featuring over forty previously published poems, from The Re-Birth R...

A very telling slip up from The Times

From the popbitch forum, The Times made a bit of a freudian in their reporting of "The Publicity Code" court case. Originally the article said"Brown, notoriously publicity-shy, travelled from his home in New Hampshire to give publicity on behalf of R...

Carnage on the underground

Well hopefully no actual bloodshed, but there's been chaos on the way in this morning... Got to London Bridge to find it jammed, most of the ticket barriers closed. Eventually got through the barrier as they turned off all down the escalators - I gue...

Paul Leslie CLARKE

Re: Paul Leslie CLARKEMy grandmother, Eliza Clarke, was left a 1914-18 widow with 7children, when her husband was gassed in the war. She remarried a Lawrence. Granmdad Clarke is buried in the top left hand corner of Stoke Newington cemetary as you fa...

Published! Again!

Did I mention there's a Folkestone arts mag called The Quarter, and they published a pub review of mine this month? They emailed to say they're printing the next one too, and can I do one every month. HOW COOL AM I? They will stop running them as soo...

Published!

The Quarter published my review of La Vue...

talking of which

topps published a new set of garbage pail stickers last year. in case you missed them, here's one:...

Goldie Lookin' Chain

Looking forward to the GLC gig tonight at the Mean Fiddler, anyone else here going? And what's this crazy rumour about them collaborating with The Darkness on Aerosmith's Walk This Way? I overheard someone talking about this, has it been published so...

Never mind Belle-de-jour

Metro today has an interview with and picture of Major James Buffy-Maun, the London media set are going fictional character crazy at the moment. It would be wrong to suggest all the letters in Metro are made up, I believe the majority of people reall...