The Lake
BBC Radio 4, Friday 23 January, 2009, 11.02 – 11.30am The Lake is a hauntingly evocative and unusual soundscape of Britain’s largest lake, and the voices which can be heard above and below its waves. Lough Neagh in east-central Northern Ireland is not only the largest lough in Ireland but the largest freshwater body in [...]
Yr Heart Out 3
20 January 2009 // Books //Music
The third edition of … your heart out is available. Adventures in music. Featuring Phil Ochs, Janelle Monae, Gary McFarland, Frank Sinatra, Mark Perry, Muhsinah, Slumber Party, Brittany Bosco, Tamba Trio, Nancy Harrow, Olga Kouklaki, Marc Collin and the Cup of Tea label. It’s free and easy now at: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5npy08 Stick it in your satchel. [...]
St. Jude’s In The City
From 6pm on Monday 2nd February at The Bankside Gallery, London SE1 St. Jude’s take a trip from North Norfolk to London with this exhibition of printmaking, collage, fabric and illustration. Featuring Christopher Brown, Jonathan Gibbs, Hand & Eye Letterpress, Jonny Hannah, Mark Hearld, Angie Lewin, Old Town and Alice Stevenson. Plus vintage furniture from [...]
Extract from the Twr-Y-Felin Guide to St Davids (1923) by Henry Evans (2nd Ed)
19 January 2009 // Books //Caught By...
My Dad sent me this extract from a 1920s book he’s dug up when researching his local river with my old primary school headmaster! This is the river he was born right next to the source of. Thought you might like it… Kieran ***** The River Alan (in early days Alun or Eilan) has its [...]
The River Severn
19 January 2009 // Caught By...
hi jeff great radio doc on radio4 about the river severn and the barrage… on the i player here speak soon kieran
Met Office Mystery Over Rare Ice Circle Formed in Devon
Perfect ice circle rotating in the River Otter Spotted in yesterdays Times by Mathew Clayton. Written by Nico Hines; An unusual rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the rare phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific evidence available [...]
A Tribute to Patrick McGoohan
16 January 2009 // Remembrance
just came across this news on Retro To Go; Patrick McGoohan has died after a short illness, aged 80. He may be gone, but his work will live on – most notably as a super cool secret agent (working and retired) in the cult classics Danger Man and The Prisoner, but also in a host [...]
River Rescue:
16 January 2009 // Caught By...
project launched to breathe life into waterways buried under London concrete and brick • Environment Agency plan to restore 14 channels • Stretch of 15km could take six years to uncover the article below was written by Juliette Jowit for The Guardian last week. They are Britain’s “lost rivers”, which for centuries have been used [...]
Whatever Happened To My Rock’n’Roll?
One of London’s most heavily frequented rock’n’roll bars silently called a final last orders this week. Although not afforded its own legendary status due to its position as second fiddle to the main event, The Keith Moon Bar (upstairs in the Astoria on Charing Cross Road) has been an unofficial club house for the great, [...]
Shadows & Reflections – Pete Reilly
14 January 2009 // Shadows & Reflections
S & R, of a sort from our mate at Soul Jazz; Yes, I saw your Shadows and Reflections request, thanks for asking, apologies, I meant to get back to you sooner, although I’m no writer so this is going to be a list of things that spring to mind rather than a literary masterpiece [...]
