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This picture is from Dave Peacock's Facebook album. He has loads of photos of Brighton punk bands in their earliest forms- the Piranhas...

This is the cake I made for McSis's birthday- chocolate, supposedly with green peppermint icing ('tastes like toothpaste' says h...

I am having some lino put on the kitchen floor. The flooring guy is humming along to Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - you know, that song wit...

I went to a meeting at The Premises studio in Hackney on Wednesday. It's an eco-studio that uses solar power in the main studio, and has...

Sorry about the mini-break; I needed to collect my thoughts for a while after a big bounce downwards, but the upwards bounce has started. I...

Not having a nice time at the moment. Excuse my sabbatical. Back soon.

I have taken down some recent postings about Ari Up; thank you to those people who left comments, they were read and appreciated.

This story is for a US publication. They may need a disclaimer. Oh, it's horrible: one of my stud...

I have always written on the back of my hand, all the time: layers and layers of writing, especially when I am busy and over-stimulated. I ...

'Wheeee!' I thought as I whizzed down the gradient on the M25 in my small but perfectly formed car, the road clear for miles ahead a...

Well, I suppose I'm wondering when I'm going to lose my job. Not being a Science, Mathematics or Business lecturer, the fees for po...

Sir Alex Ferguson

Ceramics furnace on.

My friend from North Carolina, Daniel Coston, is a brilliant rock photographer and took some really good photos of myself and Martin a while...