Last week I had the pleasure of joining Will Whiting on his latest project, Turtle Dove. Will and I worked together on Isra and an fun sortie into walking/filmmaking, which I hope to turn into music videos one day. This project was written, produced and directed by Will, and something […]
Yearly archives: 2023
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I went via Dublin when travelling to see my family in Cork. I have lots of fond memories of this city and it would take a whole novel to recall all of them. It is simpler to say that I have always loved this city, in varying degrees, and I […]
A grey month. Lacking in sun, lacking in excitement. Grey all around. The month began with some work delivering the BAFTA albert training to students and staff alike. This was fun. Then there were a couple of college visits, which were also fulfilling. And I had a chance to record […]
February flew by for me. March is on me like an unexpected rash, completely overwhelming as I had imagined in my mind that I had plenty of time; ‘it’s next month’, then it is that month. Of course this is dumb. I am capable of reading a calendar and planning […]
I’ve been thinking about writing this post for some time. A few months back I noticed that the blog began 20 years ago this month, and I thought ‘that warrants a new post’. I should start by saying that the blog didn’t start 20 years ago, as the Nightshift diary […]
I went back to Berlinale for the first time since the pandemic. It was the first time that I travelled Berlin by train since I inter-railed as a student in 2000. I took the coach from Bournemouth to Victoria, then tube to St Pancras, then Eurostar to Brussels, then ICE […]
In fairness, despite the snappy title, this January has not been too bad for new habits. I prefer the term ‘habits’ rather than ‘resolutions’. I normally attempt a few things at this time of year. A few years back I successfully reduced alcohol intake by measuring the habit over the […]