Every now and then you see a piece of advertising genius. I know it’s not completely new, but I love the style and sentiment in this ad for Twinings Tea (I am clearly feeling soppy after a long day!):
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Tea Genius
Posted in arts, culture, entertainment, popular culture, television, tagged ads, adverts, arts, entertainment, television on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For those that missed it… “Never say ‘No’ to Panda”
Posted in arts, entertainment, popular culture, television, tagged adverts, arts, cheese, egypt, entertainment, panda, television on March 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am not in any way claiming an original discovery here, not with 6,000,000+ views on You Tube. However, there is something darkly satisfying about the humour in this ad campaign by Egyptian company Advantage Marketing and Advertising/Elephant Cairo, the first Middle Eastern company to win a Cannes Lion Award. Created on behalf of Arab [...]
Ellie and Myth do The Passion – in Port Talbot
Posted in arts, faith, theatre, tagged arts, drama, ellie williams, faith, michael sheen, national theatre for wales, religion, the passion, theatre, wildworks on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My sister, Ellie Williams, has gotten involved with another fantastic project, this time in Port Talbot in Wales. Once again she’s working with her flatmate, Myrddin Wannell, and the international theatre company Wildworks, this time for the National Theatre for Wales. Driven by the actor Michael Sheen, The Passion is a piece of community theatre [...]
Population 51,201 and Waldo the bird is dead… It is gloriously bonkers and I am glad to be back home
Posted in arts, history, personal, review, television, tagged arts, history, review, television, twin peaks on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The owls are not what they seem…” I remember it vividly. 1990 and Twin Peaks had been the subject of fevered classroom conversation for weeks. There had been teasers and trailers. Deliciously, it was airing on BBC2. Mark and I were in our final year of sixth form, enjoying a friendship that had been long in [...]
The fabulous Paloma Faith at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Posted in arts, music, personal, review, tagged arts, me, music, paloma faith, review on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s rare for Em and I to have the time or energy to go out in the week. Every now and then, though, browsing around the net late at night, you stumble across something at exactly the moment you need it. At a pretty low point, I noticed Paloma Faith had added an extra concert [...]
If you’ve not done so, meet Jack Reacher #reacher
Posted in arts, personal, review, tagged arts, books, me, review, writing on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Men want to be him, women want to be with him…” Like everyone, I have a secret vice or two. One of these is a penchant for airport thrillers, the sort of unputdownable page-turner that lets you be the bone-crunching, Glock-packing loner-hero you always intended to be before discovering computer games, cheese sandwiches and DVD box-sets. [...]
Super Ellie Sis gets the blogging bug
Posted in arts, personal, tagged arts, ellie williams, me, wildworks on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It would seem that my super-talented arty sis has caught the blogging bug. She is just starting out and has decided to share her thoughts as she works on The Enchanted Palace (and using WordPress just like her older bro). Take a look and give her some encouragement! http://eleanorlucy.wordpress.com/
UrbEx – the art of urban decay #urbex
Posted in arts, history, tagged architecture, arts, public art, urban decay, urban exploration, urbex on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is something excruciatingly emotional about the loneliness of buildings abandoned to decay. I touched on it in my previous post Cold War ghosts: legacies in concrete and film and thought it a fairly solitary interest of mine. I was completely wrong. Sitting on the train tonight, and casually flicking through the Evening Standard, I [...]
Sajovic exhibition: “Be-Longing” is in its final week #sajovic #gyspies #roma #travellers
Posted in arts, tagged arts, eva sajovic, gypsies, roma, travellers on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Be-Longing: Travellers’ Stories, Travellers’ Lives, the ground breaking exhibition from Slovenian photographer Eva Sajovic, is in its final week at the 198. There are two events being held. On Thursday 18 March 2010, 7-9pm, there will be a film screening of Romano Hip Hop: The final day of the exhibition is Saturday 20 March, 11am-5pm, [...]
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A Month To Remember: June 2010 is Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month #grthm #gypsy #roma #traveller
Posted in arts, comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, tagged arts, gypsies, history, human rights, politics, roma, sinti, travellers on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
June 2010 will be the third year that Britain has celebrated Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. There is a shocking amount of ignorance about the historic and cultural identities of the travelling communities in Britain. Few who are concerned about the impact of travellers on the greenbelt will pause to think about traditions that extend [...]
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