The Open – The Silent Hours, Statues
Last year I posted about the Liverpool band, The Open, several times. I thought their two albums were fantastic. The first, full of catchy pop
July 20, 2007
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REM – something for free whilst the new album is being made
R.E.M.hq: EXTRAS-REMix When the last REM album (Around the Sun) came out a couple of years ago, I saw the video to the first single,
July 17, 2007
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One or Two
A quote from e e cummings: “One’s not half of two, it’s two that are halves of one” Wow. I found that in a book
July 16, 2007
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Global Children’s Art Gallery
I first found this website a couple of years ago. Another look today, and I see that it is still thriving. So many websites are
July 12, 2007
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Buddhism: part 2 – the early spiritual journey
[To read the other parts of this series on Buddhism, click here.] It was in my middle teenage years that I first became interested in
July 10, 2007
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Tate Gallery, Liverpool – Gallagher & Blake
We went to the Tate Gallery in Liverpool at the weekend. Liverpool’s preparations to become European City of Culture next year are going well. There
July 9, 2007
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Editors – An End Has a Start
Last weekend I bought the second album by Editors, a band from Birmingham in the UK. It is a really accomplished piece of work. I
July 6, 2007
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Self Publishing
In a recent post, Rik Roots talks about self-publishing using a print-on-demand service called Lulu. This is a really interesting approach to producing perfect-bound books
July 4, 2007
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Global Ideas Blog
I first wrote about the Global Ideas Bank on my old blog called ‘Things I found’ back in 2004. It’s great to revisit some of
July 3, 2007
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Buddhism: part 1 – introduction
I have begun to write a series of posts for this blog about my interest in Buddhism. The posts will cover my early experiences of
June 30, 2007
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