Category Archives: General

Originally posted on not at home:
Much demolition is occurring all around the new metro station and line that will run into the town centre. A few buildings still remain and hopefully will continue to do so. This is the…

Originally posted on a flock of crows:
Another week in the world of education, and another teenager, Ms Suzy Lee Weiss, has gone through the epiphany after several university rejections that university admissions systems are not fair. Well, no crap…

Originally posted on stream of consciousness:
Life Drawing at The Book Club by Wriggles & Robins

Originally posted on The Ruffled Crow:
Believing happiness will come with the completion of his latest project, Francis obsessively works to perfect his Kinematograph. In his self-absorption he ignores the happiness around him until it’s too late. http://youtu.be/UTReDEDnAeg The Kinematograph,…

Originally posted on The New Northerner:
Nope, not the US state or the musical, but a cute cafe and gift shop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Oklahoma is an Aladdin’s cave of all things kitsch and quirky and is a great…

Originally posted on Oxfam Wilmslow:
This handbook celebrates Manchester in 1926. The photographs show buildings that I recognise but Manchester’s manufacturing, its trade, its optimism and its massive civic pride are not so obvious today. In the mid 1920s the…

Originally posted on Reverie:
Creativity is always rooted in reality; no matter how unique a piece of work might seem, it is always inspired by something its creator has personally experienced. Animation is no exception. Indeed the story of Remy…