Villefranche-sur-Saône revisited
Forgive the trip down memory lane, but it is now 20 years since I took the picture on the left, in someone’s house in Villefranche-sur-Saône, on my way to be…
The bizarre world of Conservatism
On the trail of that bizarre case involving Mike Batt (composer of the Wombles signature tune) and Peters Edition, in which Peters demanded a quarter of Batt’s royalties for a…
Splish Splash
Here, late at night in the Tooting sound laboratory, Dan searches for the ideal means of creating the sound of splashing in puddles after a hard day in the studio.…
Free training from the BBC
It’s not often that I get really excited about a web site, but the BBC’s free online courses in journalism and production have just blown me away. I can’t quite…
Powerpointlessness
From Inc.com via elearnspace, an article – not a moment too soon – called More Power than Point, about the problem with PowerPoint, or rather how PowerPoint has, according to…
Glorious Tooting
Walking past the car park of the Muththumari Amman Temple yesterday, I noticed that the wonderful chariot that was the centrepiece of last year’s chariot festival on August Bank Holiday…