Kurt Jackson – The Dart
30 August 2010 // Miscellany //On Water
An exhibition of new work by Caught by the River contributor Kurt Jackson. 4 September and 2 October 2010 Lemon Street Gallery 13 Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2LS Press Release: Childhood memories of rural idyll mixed with a schoolboy’s excited view of war are at the heart of a new exhibition by the renowned [...]
A Fishing Ape
For tackle tarts & fashion victims… (thanks to Pete Fowler)
Things To Take To Norfolk
In the first part of the 1990′s I spent a lot of time having a lot of fun with a band called The Rockingbirds. Their debut record – which we released on Heavenly in ’92 and re-released in 2008 – has more than stood the test of time and I don’t need a drink inside [...]
Matt Sewell & Sambrooks Brewery
16 August 2010 // Matt's Bird of the Week //Miscellany
A set of four advertising postcards drawn and designed by Matt Sewell for Sambrook’s Brewery of Battersea (makers of our favourite Wandle ale). A box of these arrived at the office on Friday and while we have them we’ll add a set to all orders of books, t shirts and bags from the Caught by [...]
Postcard from Lapland
16 August 2010 // Miscellany //Nick's Pics
from Nick Small. A super-volcano under the house, hotel rooms in tall trees, exploring for gold and fishing: well it certainly hasn’t been dull in the Boreal Forest this year. Kent Lindvall runs Fishing North , whilst his wife Britta has her homely, 1930/50 styled guest house in Harads, Swedish Lapland. When the forest behind [...]
The Union Street Urban Orchard
100 Union Street, London, SE1 0NL. Until September the 19th. Nearest tube stations are Southwark (Jubilee line) and Borough (Northern line). www.unionstreetorchard.org.uk
Eagles in California, Tigers in London
by Will Burns. There are certain things in the natural world that will never, ever cease to raise my spirits, no matter how often I experience them, or how small or commonplace they seem to be. When I see a bird of prey, even the now almost ubiquitous Red Kites, it just makes me feel [...]
Edwyn Competition Now Closed
Thanks to everyone that entered the Edwyn Collins competition on last weeks newsletter. The correct answer is; ‘Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins’. The winner of the tickets for Edwyn’s sold out show at the 100 Club tomorrow night has been notified (and if you come find me at the gig I’ll buy [...]
Jeff, Discovered the most amazing book while I was with Phil and Jan in a 50p box outside a house. The Epic Voyage of the Seven Little Sisters by William Willis from 1956. A man of sixty builds a raft and sails across the Pacific with a cat and a parrot. More impressive than Thor [...]
Tower of London
Looking from a hilltop, watching from a lighthouse, just dreaming Up here I can see the world and nows your chance. Next month, as part of the Open House London project, the Post Office Tower (ok, BT tower) will open to the public for the first time since 1981. The actual date hasn’t been announced [...]
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