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In Memoriam. An American Friend.
Posted on August 7, 2023
I’m writing in memoriam to friends with startling regularity. I’m not keen on it. Not in the least. Friends I travelled with. Laughed with. Broke bread with. Put back more than a few drinks with. Mortality knocks. But, I’m not letting it in. Not yet. Barry Gazso passed away on …
American Cinematheque
Posted on July 28, 2023
I’m in bed today with man flu. Thanks Tommy. At this moment I should be having a swim with Tommy in the pool now but instead I’m laying about feeling a bit sorry for myself. Daiana is out picking up authentic Argentine empanadas from Platja d’Ar0 to cheer me up. …
(R)Evolution
Posted on July 17, 2023
It’s the middle of summer in the Costa Brava. 16 July. It’s proper hot. Always is this time of the year. This summer has been especially brutal for Europe. Loads of countries throughout the Continent are seeing temperatures like they’ve never yet witnessed. Although it’s a: ‘Hold my Budweiser’ moment …
Stash Binging
Posted on July 4, 2023
One for my modelling colleagues. The modeling stash. We’ve all got one, haven’t we? Remember when we came home from concorsos with this much gear? This was then. Before the crash of 2008 when money rained down like spring thunderstorms in England. We hoarded for our ever increasing stashes. So. …
The Apple of My Eye
Posted on June 28, 2023
‘Just because it’s old, doesn’t mean it no longer has purpose.’ Never is that more true than with Apple products. I had this old 2011 MacBook Pro gathering dust in a drawer in my Spain study because it packed it in back in 2018. Five years. I had it out …
Harvey & The Dragon’s Teeth
Posted on May 22, 2023
Sounds a bit like a Grimm’s fairy tale? Harvey and the Dragon Teeth. Afraid no. It’s wartime Folkestone. Since first visiting the Kent seaside town in 2003 I’ve wondered what happened to Folkestone during WW2? Surely it was important. Dab in the middle of Hellfire Corner during the Battle of …