Professional website designer, enthusiastic photographer and writer of The Monthly Jotter who enjoys walking the dog in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside.
Steve Jobs said (I paraphrase), that new ideas are merely a new combination of old concepts.
Our ability to see connections between them - to join the disparate dots - is what fuels creativity.
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Before I delete from iPad “Trump, & Musk, the billionaire playman and galactic space-lord of the decomposing social media channel Twitter (currently X), revealed the depth of their mutual admiration in an eider-soft & incompetently livestreamed interview.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Bye bye for now X. There are still rare nuggets of gold amongst the dross and I’ll miss you. I’ll be back when the current owner has left reception with his kitchen sink. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Back on terra firma. Time for a trip to The Club tomorrow with the old soak Canon Coch who is on day release from the Corrective Institute of Curmudgeonly Pedants.
In this month's “Don’t be afraid of things because they are easy to do" Jotter:
1. A convivial mayor follows his gut
2. BLOQS is an open-access, pay-as-you-go space to make things
3. Is Google losing its relevance?
4. Eno
5. No bull at the Bull Inn
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I never thought Rees Mogg’s eviction would be overshadowed. Farewell Truss with your ever-changing opinions and the big part you played in messing up our country.
Here are our local @LibDems winners… I don’t do nearly as much as many activists, but one thing I have done over the years is take a few of the campaign photos.
Hurrah. For only the second time in my life, I’m not represented by a Tory. Congratulations @BrianMathew4NW on your win. Oh and delighted for Anna in Frome and my (current) county councillor, @SarahGibsonLD on your brilliant wins.
Hurrah. For only the second time in my life, I’m not represented by a Tory. Congratulations @BrianMathew4NW on your win. Oh and delighted for Anna in Frome and my (current) county councillor, @SarahGibsonLD on your brilliant wins.
In this month's Jotter...
“The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy.” (Roger Federer)
I shamelessly plug my niece's 2024 degree show and more…
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In a major poll commissioned by the Telegraph, Rishi Sunak is predicted to lose his seat in a Tory wipeout that would see the party reduced to just 53 MPs. Locally here is the predicted result. Need to do something about this @BrianMathew4NW !
‘A Voice Above the Linn’ by Robbie Lawrence is possibly the best photobook published in the last five years. The good news is that he has a limited edition double-volume photobook published this month. ‘Long Walk Home’ looks equally stunning. Those tones.
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In this month's Jotter...
1. Firstly, you are cordially invited to the BoA Photo Group annual exhibition 4-6 May at the West Barn.
2. Contemplative photographs by 'darkroom artist' Mikael Siirila.
3. A polemic on the blandemic by Thomas Heatherwick
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3. Color Theory Explained (forgive the spelling. The cartoons are by someone who lives across the pond).
5. The latest IKEA ads are funny.
6. Dave Trott on selling thank yous.
7. A new website packed full of goodness for Hanora Health
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“Iconic buildings made as boring as the rest of them. Unimagined using AI.”
I like brutalist buildings, but Thomas Heatherwick makes me smile because he has a point.
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In this month's Jotter...
1) Look, again and again, and you will always notice something new.
2) A pilgrimage to the Saul Leiter exhibition @MK_Gallery with @StefanPowell
3) The mysterious photos of Francesco Gioia
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In this month's Jotter...
1) Look, again and again, and you will always notice something new.
2) A pilgrimage to the Saul Leiter exhibition @MK_Gallery with @StefanPowell
3) The mysterious photos of Francesco Gioia
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4) Timpsons is opening 50 new stores this year. How?
5) A lovely surprise popped through my door from @IanSanders
6) @neilcoxon on social media… “Don’t annoy. Entertain. Be creative. Be different."
7) New websites for an architect and a photographer.
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A very enjoyable day spent with @StefanPowell at the Saul Leiter exhibition @MK_Gallery.
Yes that is me having a very close look at one of Leiter’s masterpieces.
A wonderful visit to the @MK_Gallery today to visit the @saulleiter exhibition.
Beautifully curated and housed.
The exhibition gave the opportunity to view some of Saul Leiters most famous photographic images and artwork and to meet up again with...
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The intriguing and inventive photos of Francesco Gioia
“These snippets of life, beautiful plucked from the everyday, are all linked by mystery.”
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