Can you tell what it is yet?

I’ve shown you the work of various graffiti artists in the past, but here’s a name you might not expect to see: Rolf Harris. His contribution to Sheffield’s urban galleries is a self-portrait painted on a wall in Brown Street. Not all of the artwork in the photo is Rolf’s [you can see an […]

The Doors

What did you do on the 30th September 1989?

I bought a door. Nothing special, just a new door for my office – a replacement for the old one that was distinctly broken and didn’t really fit. I really wanted to buy a door for the bathroom as well – because it’s right next to […]

What I did on my holidays…

I seem to have taken a rather unexpectedly long real life break.

You know how these things go: you start a task, the type that has become known in our house as a Just Job. That’s as in “I’ll just fix those cracked floorboards.” Except the cracked floorboards turn out to be pieces of torus […]

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Paris Postcard 4 – Time machine

As we headed home I decided to call Mr TLC.

“Hello,” I said in my best spooky voice, “I’m calling you from the future.”

Well, France is an hour in front you know. Surely that’s the future?

Paris Postcard 3 – It's a long way down!

Our final stop – and probably the highlight of our trip for most of the students – was the Eiffel Tower. I’d previously made it as far as the second level on a previous school trip, but insane crowds prevented us from ascending further on that particular ocasion. Well, it was 14th July.

This […]

Paris Postcard 2

Have you ever met someone you know or spotted anyone famous whilst you were on holiday? Not something I expected to happen to me in Paris, but whilst we were strolling through Montmartre I unexpectedly glimpsed a familiar face.

Hiding down a side street and smiling down at us was the unmistakeable grin of a […]

Paris Postcard 1

It’s amazing how long postcards takle to arrive isn’t it? It’s almost a month since I returned from my trip to Paris and it’s only just arrived. Amazing 😉

A school trip may be hard work, but it’s also great fun! We started off with a visit to the Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie. […]

How Green is my City?

We’ve been doing a lot of urban rambling lately. I love the fact that I live in the city, but I’m just a few minutes stroll away from views like this:

Yesterday we took advantage of some evening sunshine and set off to amble down some of the small lanes and paths.

We didn’t go […]

Trilogy

“It’s broken,” said Mr TLC, in a sad sort of voice.

I could see him holding three pieces, where previously there had been just the one. Undoubtedly the most successful present that I have ever given to Mr TLC, now used to the point that it has simply fallen apart. Might be time for some […]