Win This Print
31 January 2012 // competition //Photography
The Smiths, just before taking the stage at Reading Uni Feb 1984. Taken by the legendary lensman, Tommy Sheehan. As the result of a bit of banter in the Dog & Duck last week, a deal has been struck whereby in return for us giving Tommy’s new edition of Smiths Collectors Prints a plug, he, [...]
The Last Moving Thing
A poem by Will Burns. The sun no longer rises above the bare rock hills around the house. All that I ever see now above the line of the horizon is the dominion of the trees – leafless, scratching at the sky in bare, black lines. The light receded slowly and with it, bit by [...]
Pleasures of….January
by Neil Ansell. The sun is bright and the sky is an unbroken wash of blue, but there is a hard bite in the air. It is one of those clear crisp January days, and the night had brought a deep frost that the sunshine is still working on. In the lee of the hawthorns [...]
Richardson In Zanderland
29 January 2012 // Richardson in Zanderland
‘Words on Water’ illustrator, John Richardson, has upped sticks and moved east. Here’s how he’s getting on: The Eyes Have It It may seem strange but I believe the character of a fish is apparent in the eyes, this may all sound a bit like a fish whisperer or hypnotist but please bear with me. [...]
Savage Messiah Event at Rough Trade East
Laura Oldfield Ford in conversation with Ken Worpole, plus reading and book signing. Admission free.
An Evening With Felt
28 January 2012 // Books //Music
Our friends Lora and Paul are having a launch for their Felt book at Rough Trade on Friday February 3rd at 7pm. Here are some details about the truly unique party they’re putting on: “For the first time since their split Lawrence and other members of seminal indie group Felt will be on stage talking [...]
Allotment Watch: January
27 January 2012 // Allotment Watch
January is a month of bitterly cold days, end of year blues and little in the way of harvest. That’s why I am in Costa Rica! Here the foliage is lush and the fruit is literally falling to ground, begging to be eaten. Even the wooden fence posts are resurrected in time, sprouting new leaves [...]
First Aid Kit Competition Winners
27 January 2012 // competition //Music
The First Aid Kit competition on last weeks newsletter proved to be incredibly popular. In fact, the words Third Man Records (the correct answer btw) were still being cleared from the in-box this morning. The names of the winners have now been picked from the deerstalker and we can announce that copies of, The Lion’s [...]
Pint by the River: Green Jack Brewery Mahseer IPA – 5%
by Ben McCormick Ah, the legendary mahseer. Member of the carp family found in the rivers and sometimes lakes of northern India, Nepal and other parts of southern Asia. Famed for its almost brutal strength and ability to strip line off a reel quicker than you can say Jack Robinson, the mahseer is prized by [...]
Antidote Live
25 January 2012 // An Antidote To Indifference //Arcadia //Events
Last night, at Hampstead’s finest watering hole The Stag, Andrews of Arcadia put together an evening’s entertainment in support of the latest issue of An Antidote to Indifference. It was fantastic – a packed house on one of the most miserable days of the year.
