By mattr on January 27, 2009
This amazing image took six months to expose – using a pinhole camera
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By mattr on January 14, 2009
Tonight sees the sad occasion of a historic london venue closing its doors. The Astoria on Londons Tottenham Court Road is being demolished to make way for part of the Crossrail construction.
I am not one for standing in the way of progress, but this one does cause a little heaviness in my heart, as the [...]
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By mattr on January 12, 2009
I picked this up in my favourite second hand bookshop before Christmas to fuel my addiction to travel related literature, especially about inhospitable places.
True North documents the writers travels around the countries of Arctic Europe, including Iceland, Greenland, Lapland and Svalbard – and throws some interesting light on these cold and unforgiving countries.
Weaving historical [...]
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By mattr on January 10, 2009
The BBC has put together the 15 acts we’ll all be listening to. I’ve heard about 8 of them, and some a pretty good… but Empire of the Sun… NO!
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By mattr on January 9, 2009
Radiohead + jay-z = jaydiohead… hellllz yeah!!!!!
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By mattr on January 8, 2009
Spotted at Westfield mall today – a sign inside the window of the new Missoni store.
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By mattr on January 7, 2009
Whilst I was working on my top 10 list, I was thinking whether I would consider 2008 to be a great year for music? There were certainly some good albums, but if I look at 2009 there are some MAJOR releases coming our way which could brighten the days. In fact, there is even [...]
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By mattr on January 6, 2009
Last year wasn’t much to write home about, a few notable highlights – but much that begs to be forgotten about. Thankfully, there was some good music to brighten the days.
Once again – impossible to pick a favourite of the year – my last.fm stats tell me that I played Yoav – Charmed and Strange [...]
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By mattr on January 4, 2009
These are very cool – giving padded envelopes a new lease of life!
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By mattr on January 3, 2009
The BBC has confirmed that the identity of the next Doctor will be released today!
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