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I recently took a much needed break to the beautiful Lake District. After working flat out on an ongoing project, the two nights spent in Bowness-on-Windermere were just what I needed to recharge the batteries. Who couldn’t be inspired waking up to this view? If you’ve never been to the Lakes before and live close Continue Reading

I am stunned to have received another award exactly a month after winning the Theo Paphitis #SBS (Small Business Sunday) award. Yesterday, I tweeted the very talented and beautiful Jacqueline Gold, Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, about Slinkeee Illustration with the #WOW hashtag. Every Wednesday, Jacqueline chooses her favourite 3 women’s businesses to Continue Reading

I stumbled upon The Total Licensing Report yesterday and having worked in the licensed character industry, thought I’d catch up on what’s new as you can sometimes fall behind the times when you’re not able to take time out and don’t have children. I came across an advert for a License Creative Manager called David Continue Reading

I’d just finished work last night at around 8pm when my phone and computer started going crazy. I thought that maybe it was lots of spam emails coming through at once. However, when I came to look at my phone, I had a tweet from the very lovely Theo Paphitis telling me I’d won Small Business Continue Reading

After a long wait to see Noah & The Whale due to rescheduling the event from November to March, I finally got to see them live last night in Newcastle. I’ve never been a fan of going to see bands on a school night as the intention to get a bit of an ‘early finish’ Continue Reading

It may seem odd to some people given what I do for a living that I don’t have any children. My love of illustration and animation comes more from a misspent youth watching cartoons and drawing at every opportunity. So when I stumble upon a fantastic animation like this, it comes from just being a Continue Reading

Not many artists need to get permission from air traffic control and the local harbourmaster to exhibit their work, but shining seven rainbow coloured beams of light along the North East coastline is not exactly an every day occurrence. American artist Yvette Mattern did just that over the last four days, shining parallel beams of Continue Reading

Photographs © The Art House website Another place in Alnwick worth a visit is The Art House which can be found on the main street near to the arch down a small alleyway sprayed with replicas of grafitti artist Banksy’s works. As you follow the artworks up the stairs, you are led into a beautiful Continue Reading

Photographs (left – right) * Blue heron on River Coquet – riverside, Rothbury – robin, Cragside   Rothbury may have made the headlines for all the wrong reasons a couple of years ago but the press attention also showed just how beautiful the surrounding countryside is and many of the locals are happy to talk Continue Reading