Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

The Day After The UK Election by Lucy Pepper

Friday, May 7th, 2010

The day after the UK election from lucy pepper on Vimeo.

Portugal-based British illustrator Lucy Pepper sums it all up perfectly.

Check out her blog too.

Casting Reformation To The Winds

Friday, January 1st, 2010

A quote for today, the first of January 2010.

“Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.”

– Mark Twain. 1863.

New Year’s Resolutions? Not for me.

Music To Earthquake By

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

In honour of this morning’s excitement here in the Algarve.

Here is a quick video of me in my kitchen as the earthquake took place.

Yves ‘Jetman’ Rossy – Not Quite.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Yves Rossy did not make it from Morocco to Spain this afternoon.

jetman

That’s too bad, but happily he seems to be uninjured by his splash-landing and he will, I hope, make it across on his next attempt.

Until then, I tip my hat to his courage. Bravo.

The Atheist Billboard Campaign

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

The Atheist billboard campaign is off to a good start in the UK, with billboards now up in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

Atheist billboard campaign

Further details about this campaign, with daily updates, are available on the official website. There is also coverage on the BBC News website and a full article, with a large – and fast increasing – number of comments and opinions, on the Guardian UK’s Comment is Free section.