I'm part of an amazing design community. I've made friends from all over the world because of it and we have our own community hub to share work, tips and have general chit chat. It's all thanks to the lovely team at Design Cuts. It's their 8th birthday this week and they've had an amazing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It seems only fitting given my previous blog posts about the beautiful countryside in Rothbury, to pay my respects to a very brave and well respected man from my home town. I awoke this morning to the incredibly sad news of the death of PC David Rathband, the police officer left for dead by gunman [...]
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 [...]
Now, I'm not quite sure how to approach this subject without making any enemies. Each year, the Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under the age of fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding. The prize fund is £40,000 and is divided between the [...]
....the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder, treason should ever be forgot. Probably like the majority of you, I spent last night celebrating Guy Fawkes around a bonfire and watching the spectacular fireworks. A few of us headed along the coast to an organised display in [...]
Now there's a party trick to be proud of! A few years ago I bought an origami calendar hoping that by the end of the year, I'd at least be able to make something a little more impressive than the usual pathetic triangular hats I make from crisp packets, sweet wrappers or any paper lying [...]
Well I certainly think he achieved that! It would be a travesty not to mention the sad passing of the legendary Steve Jobs earlier this month (October 5th) at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs not only changed the way we live, work and see things but he also possessed a [...]
These photos were taken at an urban sports event I went to last weekend along the coast where there were breakdancers, bmx'ers and skateboarders showing off their skills. There was also a beautiful display of kites and although there was an underlying threat of rain, it stayed dry and windy enough to show them in [...]
