Recently I’ve been listening to this fine tune by Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2eqv3y4Cq4 ‘Ten Degrees of Strange’ by Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane Check it out. The video is awesome, the most wonderful transformations of emotion animated through clay. It’s just stunning, an ever-shifting canvas. In the sleeve notes Flynn describes the song … Continue reading Ten Degrees of Strange
Cool Stuff
Harvey Maps
I love maps. I'm obsessed with them. I have a shelf on my bookcase filled with maps: walking maps, road maps, maps of places we once went on holiday, street plans, geological maps, cycling maps and atlases. They are a source of constant interest to me and I could happily spend an evening just looking … Continue reading Harvey Maps
The Oxford Bell Tent
A few years ago, my friend and I had a big birthday party in a field on a campsite, with a huge campfire, a ceilidh and a weekend’s supply of home brewed beer. One of our friends turned up with a tipi that he had borrowed from the activity centre he was working at. It … Continue reading The Oxford Bell Tent
The Dartmoor Scratch Map
Our Dartmoor Scratch Map One incredibly cool addition to our lounge is the Dartmoor Scratch Map, which we got at the start of lockdown. This A2 map has 56 tors and another 15 'Points of Interest' marked, the idea being that you scratch off each place and add the date as you visit it. It's … Continue reading The Dartmoor Scratch Map
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