The Kitchen Diaries & Toast
A review of two books by Nigel Slater, food writer and journalist. The books were presents to me on my recent birthday.
Another year older (and deeper in debt)
Another year older (and deeper in debt) An illustration for my birthday with candles and strawberries and chocolate memento mori and everything.
Elin’s Story – Progress Metres
Progress Metres: A Writing Diary entry about using Progress meters to track my writing progress on Elin’s Story. A technique from NaNoWriMo.
Picture(s) of the weekend
Swedish Midsummer on the west coast Looking out to sea to the north west. I took these four photos at 7 p.m. (evening), 10 p.m. (sunset), midnight (twilight) and 2 a.m. (dawn) on the night between 25th and 26th July. Apologies for the quality of the 2 a.m. photo – I blame the light and … More…
A Letter from Sweden
This is my second voice recording in the series “Letters from Northern Lands”. This episode visits Swedish Midsummer, the recent Royal Wedding in Stockholm and the way the Swedish media has reported it, and considers whether Sweden is a monarchy or really a closet republic.
A Letter from Northern Lands
A letter from Northern Lands is the transcript of what I had plans to make into a regular podcast. The plans fell through.
Lilac time at Färjenäs
Gallery of photographs of flowers (lilacs), flowering trees (chestnuts) and the area of Färjenäs Göteborg
The Case of Viscount Visage
The Case of Viscount Visage: Sheerluck Helmse and his faithful sidekick Carruthers set out on a surreal journey to track down a murderer.
The Hero
Blowing my own trumpet? Sadly this video is no longer available. [2011-11-17]
The Botanical Gardens in May
Sunday 23rd May a period of warm weather had hurried the Spring along. I took my camera to the Botanical Gardens. You can see these and more pictures from this day on my photo blog here.