On Sunday we went to Newcastle to see the handiwork of S.O.C.K, (Secret Outside Crochet and Knitters) who yarn bombed the promenade. Their handiwork was very fine, and we got there in time before it was all taken down. You can see more of their work on the BBC website...
Our entire cooking and heating world revolves around this – the Doric range cooker, which seems to have been pretty widely used. Trouble is, information on how to best use it is rather thin on the ground – does anyone have any tips?
We were fortunate enough to be asked to our friends – Steven and Belinda – wedding last week, at the amazing Belle Isle in Fermanagh. The wedding was on midsummers day, and we were treated to a visit from aughakillymaude mummers, based in Fermanagh. The...
We returned home today to discover that the wind turbine had suffered a catastrophic failure and lost all three blades. 2 of them were embedded firmly in the ground below the turbine, and one has yet to be found. I repaired one of them a week ago, and straightening...
Film offers us a powerful tool to shift awareness and inspire action. It offers a method to break our dependence on the mainstream media and become the media oursleves. We don’t need to wait for anyone or anything. Just imagine what could become possible if an...
Although its not something I’ll have to worry about for a good while yet, the thorny subject of what kind of education I would want for my child, is hovering at the edge of my mind. I have always maintained that school is basically a lottery, in which having a...
