Weather is the great equaliser

To discuss the weather with a stranger is to shake hands and put aside your weapons. It is a sign of good will, an acknowledgement of your c...

Playing The Ashes

A few weeks ago, I spoke at Playful 09. When Toby Barnes talked to me about speaking, he asked me to propose something that interested me ra...

Frog; Saucepan

Thanks to Neillie for this most peculiar snapshot from another world, and musings on reality musicals. Posting this to remind me to keep mus...

A Small Town Anywhere

I mean to write more about this, I do. But right now prompted to correct an otherwise lovely Guardian article.For the record, A Small Town A...

Resolute is the new black

Challenge and Response

This is a promised response to Matt Trueman, whose blog is well worth tracking. He wrote at length about Rotozaza's autoteatro, and obse...

Scratch Manifesto

I was challenged in a cold-call from BAC on Friday. In the Scratch Festival themed on Democracy, they had persuaded Martin Linton, MP for Ba...