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You Little Wonder You
I am currently re-reading Dorian Gray. Happy 65th Birthday to a man with a portrait of his own hidden away in the attic. Honourable mentions: + The iconic performance of Rock’n’Roll Suicide at Hammersmith Apollo, 1973 + Five Years performed … Continue reading
Happy Hogmanay
Here’s to 2012..
Kaffeslabbaras
Ah, everything Danish is super-hip in Britain right now thanks to The Killing/Forbrydelsen and mid-century modern design yadda yadda yadda. Did you know that I am Danish? I don’t consider myself super-hip, though, and I had my reasons for leaving … Continue reading
Arboretum
Visual poetry: a poetry form in which the shape of the poem is as important as the words themselves. The Scottish poet and gardener Ian Hamilton Smith combined gardening, sculptures and poetry to great effect. The woods around Bennachie yield … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Purls
Tagged Crafty, Glasgow, music video, poetry, Purls, Scotland, texts and words, youtube
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Cakes & Books
When I asked my Twitter and Facebook pals about their favourite cakes, I was not prepared for the deluge of replies. Everybody has an opinion on cake, apparently. Who knew? I have a handful of go-to cakes – the classic … Continue reading
Desert Island Discs: Day 1
I enjoy listening to Desert Island Discs on my iPod as I make my way to work. The people you think will be interesting rarely are; the people I don’t know or feel indifferent towards end up my favourites. Lady … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Personal, Popular Culture
Tagged desertislanddiscs, family, Music, music video, personal stuff, youtube
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Weather With You
Hello. Excuse me while I pretend I constantly hang about grey wooden panels wearing a red woollen dress and a gawjus mossy green scarf/shawl. Okay, so I actually do that quite a bit but I rarely wear matching lipstick and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Purls, Scotland
Tagged personal stuff, Photography, Scotland, youtube
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Response
Many of you have left thoughtful replies to my review of Jane Brocket’s knitting book. I have also received a few mails and tweets. Thank you all. Some of you wondered I made no mention of “Brocket-gate” – i.e. the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, linkage, Literature
Tagged amusing, Art, books, knitting, linkage, love, oldhollywood, youtube
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Lovely Things
This has to be my song of summer 2011. It’s so lovely in all its pomo pop glory. Other lovely things right now: I find this picture of David Tennant in the Fright Night remake strangely compelling. I always did … Continue reading
Boom! Boom! Chaka! Chaka!
This is one of my favourite weeks of the year: the Eurovision Song Contest week. For my non-European readers, imagine American Idol with 45 different countries competing. Then add xenophobia, bad blood, neighbourly love, dubious ethnic costumes, weird instruments, and … Continue reading
Posted in eurovision, Music, Popular Culture
Tagged events, fangirl, love, Music, wtf, youtube
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