Yesterday Mrs O and I headed into town to see what carnivorous delights were available from the Artisan butcher in Rose Lane. We went via Arlingtons as a fellow artisan artist LJ had mentioned the gallery space of the top floor was refreshed. We had a wander around and I’m glad to say I recognised […]
Mortality – a week of highlights
The news this week has been dire in terms of wanton murder of children and teachers in Pakistan and hearing of the eight children found stabbed to death in Queensland. These two incidents seem to have wrapped up what has been a tumultuous year for man’s inhumanity to man, and in the 100th anniversary of […]
Alert, Vigilant and gone for a Burton
I was alerted to the Trinity House vessel moored in the Wet Dock a few days ago but last night as I made my way from the station to the UCS campus to visit the ‘Untitled.’ degree show student’s exhibition last night at St Clement Church I noticed a revenue cutter was moored alongside the […]
I like pies and sunsets
Regular readers will know that I like cake and there is nothing better on the earth than Mrs O’s Dundee cake closely followed by her exquisite lemon and black pepper cake. Not in the same sitting I might add. No, that would not work at all. The lemon cake is a Ruby Tandoh recipe. Look […]
More test results
This post is aimed at people interested in the resolving power of a prime lens coupled with a high pixel count sensor. Nikon D810 Nikkor 50mm AFD 1.4 Ipswich Borough Council have recently agreed to buy the Sproughton Sugar Beet site. For years, these silos have been a symbol of agricultural cum manufacturing business particular […]
Mixed feelings
Yesterday was a strange day. It is two years ago tomorrow that I maneuvered mother-in-law into the care home but it was on the Friday, a very wet Friday that the move took place in the dark that can only come from a December evening. These thoughts ran through my mind as I scuttled down […]
Last night I went to an art show that had photographs in it Mr Jones
I am no Jonathan Jones. Every time I read a review of his that concerns photography, his words and insidiously snide comments irritate me beyond belief. Maybe his role as an art critic for that otherwise erstwhile tome, The Guardian, is meant to provoke and irritate. I somehow doubt it. He is opinionated and vulgar […]
I walked for over 5 hours this morning
I have been preoccupied of late with getting my second attempt at funding for my extended Edgelands project into the system plus a financial year end and getting to grips with society group protocols at the RPS. We were warned of a weather bomb heading our way and yesterday on my morning constitutional I noticed […]
Fighting spirit
A year ago today, a fellow student suffered a massive stroke whilst helping me hang an exhibition. I have never been so scared in my life. I cannot begin to think what he was feeling. Today he reminded us all via Social media that this was the anniversary. but that he was back in University […]
I heard the news ….. Oh Boy
Last night there was a snippet of news on the BBC about Constable’s painting, ‘The Mill Stream’ having undergone restoration and conservation work. I was very lucky to have worked with Emma Roodhouse, Curator of Art at Ipswich and Colchester Museum Service as part of an internship between my second and third years at University. […]