2008-10-15UTC01:03:17Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev... 2008-09-13UTC07:42:22Terry Pratchett's Nation limited edition.I've got one of these a Nation special edition, I think. Dad queued from early this morning to secure one of these, and got it signed, good work!Had a great day in London where we also saw Terry Pratchett, he helicoptered between Hayling Island (wher... 2008-08-01UTC07:50:50Got an email about the School of ArtFrom Eamon Everall no less:Hi, you ask for info on Folkestone School of Art , I went there from 1966 to 1967. When i went it was where the multi story car park opposite the junction of Alexandra Gardens & Middleburg Square, now is. More or less oppo... 2008-05-04UTC10:01:19Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w... 2008-03-16UTC08:04:17Remembering XFMWas surprised earlier to realise that the original XFM only lasted for about a year, before being shut down and messed up by Capital. Yes we've been listening to more Ricky Gervais, still haven't found any really early shows. I'll post up a list of w... 2007-12-19UTC07:36:50If a picture paints a thousand words...Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this... 2007-06-09UTC10:56:12Quite InterestingWent back to QI, and it was ace, glad we made the effort. I had the afternoon off, and got away on time, so I had hours to kill before the show. I went to the National Gallery, and saw some paintings, it was nice. Then I wondered around Soho grazing ... 2007-05-08UTC08:11:51Hmm, freecycling9. WANTED!!!!!!! Anything Sponge Bob Square Pants.....Folkestone...Deco Posted by: "wezleyjohn" Date: Fri May 4, 2007 11:42 pm ((PDT))Hello there we are redecorating my sons bedroom after the Quake that we had as we got hit fairly badly and we w... 2007-03-29UTC04:15:49David Gordon, former owner/manager of Garden House HotelSquadron Leader (RAF retd) David Gordon, son of Kenneth & Mavis Gordon (founders of the Garden House Hotel in 1924), died at the William Harvey Hospital on Tuesday 27th March 2007.He will be cremated at Hawkinge Crematorium on Thursday 12th April 200... 2007-01-24UTC10:37:34Crash? What crash?I hung on for years and years wary of buying convinced there would be a crash. If I'd bought when I first could, even if there had been a crash I'd be better off than I am now. If I'd bought at the very top of the market just before the last crash, I... 2006-12-13UTC02:00:30Ripper indeedBeen plotting some writings regarding the Ipswich prostitute murders, getting a bit annoyed at the press calling this guy "the ripper". He's not ripped so much as a sheet of toilet paper as far as we know, he's been suffocating in Suffolk, can no-one... 2006-11-05UTC09:11:12There's a nice run of pubs right by WhitehallI'll look up the names of them, there's four in a row that we went in one day, when we were staying in London because of Clare's work, they're on the road running straight down from Trafalgar Square I think... I'll have to look them up. Last cool pla... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/9704/There%27s+a+nice+run+of+pubs+right+by+Whitehall">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-10-17UTC04:48:57History in my dayAnother bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I’... 2006-09-18UTC03:46:37Folkestone on popbitchNot real popbitch (ie the popbitch newsletter), just something someone just posted on the board. I repeat it here for your delectation and delight:Meanwhile, on the last train out of Charing Cross on Saturday night...Your actual Cheryl Baker out of B... 2006-01-11UTC12:32:20dave rowntreelooking pretty happy2005-10-17UTC09:42:44London CrawlingGreat weekend in London, a bit of a change of scene for us. Came up Saturday afternoon, and did a bit of shopping, a nice new pair of trousers and a shirt, to wear to the evening's party. This was at The Corner Store for Stu and Alice's wedding, and ... 2005-08-30UTC12:42:19Millenium vegan restaurantIn the Savoy Hotel (between Taylor and Jones streets, Union Square2005-03-11UTC04:59:07Please drive by carefully in our villageOne of the very few things I'll miss about not commuting into work on the 243 bus any more is the graffiti. There are some big works by Banksy and others that you get a fine view of from the Kingsland Road. A reallly simple one just said Please drive... 2004-12-13UTC11:02:46Old Street Art PranksSaw a wacky situationist prank at Old Street this morning, a breakfast table set up on top of a bus shelter, with bowls, cups, plates, milk jugs, the lot. Snapped a pic but can't get it off my phone until I get home. It's got a mention in London By L... 2004-09-19UTC11:49:28happarently*the* Zone 2 place at the moment is New Cross...it's the only place artists can afford to rent studio space any more. this is not a surprise as the place is dodge as fuck.i always judge whether or not i like a place based on how many beer monsters i ... 2004-09-17UTC09:17:06Jimmy PageLast night at the Marquee in Leicester Square at the Jimmy Hendrix exhibition. He looked very smart and well groomed. Spotted by mnmnm too!2004-07-13UTC02:09:13Rory McGrathWell, I think he's getting jealous.No sooner to I post that I'm stalking someone else when the fat one pops up again... ILLEGALLY riding his bike through a "no cycling" zone around the market square.Aren't you pleased I keep you so up-to-date? Now yo... 2004-06-22UTC01:25:03Lucy DaviesBy the prince of wales theatre2004-06-11UTC08:59:12Margherita TaylorWed evening - walking towards Leicester Square drinking a coffee with heavy foundation on.2004-06-10UTC08:41:02Another boiler!Lots of things I could do today, but it's hot again in the office, and I feel that's going to be a distraction... got to feed popex with chart info, this is normally a task for monday, but the ongoing problems have slowed me down a lot... nice to com... 2004-05-18UTC06:16:13So, er, cute!The company that is becoming the Hungarian subsidiary of T-Mobile organizes this gigantic free concert every June at the largest square in Budapest for an audience usually well above 100,000. They've had Joe Cocker, the Pet Shop Boys, Danni Minogue, ... 2004-05-12UTC08:28:15Victor Lewis SmithH walked past us, coming away form the Square, Shorter than I imagined, all dressed in black.2004-04-30UTC08:38:13Marc Warren (actor in BBC One's Hustle)At a the 'Blink' magazine launch, wearing all black drinking with two guys.2004-04-29UTC03:02:58RE: RED SQUAREodd little flats these...the garden is a postage stamp filled with brighton beach pebbles...all the neighbours can see in your house as its written in your lease you cannot put up nets as it goes against the architects creative vision (too common)...... 2004-04-28UTC06:54:53Q Magazine's best gigs everHere's something that's wound me up hugely, Q Magazine's "Top 100 gigs of all time", the top ten of which were in today's Evening Standard:Radiohead Glastonbury 1997Nirvana Reading 1992Oasis Knebworth 1996Coldplay V2003Brian Wilson Royal Festival Hal... 2005-11-12UTC03:10:50Portsmouth GuildhallFestival in Guildhall Square, Firework Party, The Rubber Bishops (Bill Bailey + Kevin Eldon, Midway Still, Alan Parker, Atilla The Stockbroker, Eat, Back To The Planet, Mega City Four, Trevor & Simon +...