My SXSW: 2006
South-by is upon us once again. This is my seventh one. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with it because it interrupts things. It shows up and all of these noisy things happen and sometimes they are important and sometimes they are just shouty. But what I love — is that something always [...]
The Journey Is Important…
I have been reading Ignore Everybody by Hugh Macleod, a cartoonist who does his work on the backs of business cards. He is also a blogger, a writer and a creative consultant. Ignore Everybody was his first book and it is full of advice about how to be more creative. It’s a good little read, [...]
Paperbackward
I was so happy on Friday, to be digging around the paperback section of Halfprice Books. One of my finds was a little collection of prose musings and essays by Laurie Lee, who authored one of my very favourite books Cider With Rosie. Cider With Rosie is a childhood memoir whose resonance goes beyond its [...]
Oh Simple Thing
I’m being simple at the moment. I don’t know if it is all the uncertainty (visa applications pending) or the new baby or just a time to reprioritise but I have slowed right down and for now, I have let a lot of things go. I have, however, been spending a lot of my snatched [...]
Does the Bus Driver Have a Skeleton?
My son is really interested in skeletons at the moment. In his four-year-old mind, there is nothing spooky or ghoulish about them, he is simply matter-of-factly interested in what things do and don’t have skeletons. One afternoon last week, my son was where the wildness was and so off we went to see some rib [...]
Fall/Winter 2011
Dark teal and old papery green and antique gold and dusk and damson and falling grey and long savoured, slow-spoken words and whispers and ashen shadows and dying, muting, losing, lightening.
The Eye of the Beholder
I watched Bill Cunningham New York last night. Bill Cunningham has been photographing New York’s street style for decades and has a weekly column in the New York Times. What a romp of style, colour and cool cats. Good golly, do I want to visit another city soon! It’s been far too long and is [...]
This Side of the Pond, That Side of the Pond: Socialism & Philanthropy.
The healthcare debates have had Americans and Brits eyeing one another’s policies and systems over the pond. It was very interesting for me as a Brit living in America to hear some of the opinions expressed. From this vantage point, I have also followed the sad tale of heavy government cuts back home and of [...]
Be Gifted
(That’s a perfect pun.) I want to look like this when I grow up: A note: This was taken by Kate Cooper. If you want something lovely to do over a cup of tea, I would recommend looking at Kate’s blog, katecooperphotography.blogspot.com. It’s not just that Kate takes a great shot, it’s what [...]
My Tuppence Worth
I was listening to the world news on the ol’ wireless yesterday. I have to concentrate so hard when I listen to the news, I find it really difficult to actually hear it. Drone drone drone summit drone politicians drone drone issues drone drone process drone. I realise that what’s being said is important, it [...]
Hannah Stoney is a British artist and writer.