Author Archives: charlie

One man’s ‘beige’ is another man’s ‘Oatmeal Biscuit’

When Walter Sheffersqueuetonshaw, renowned chromaclature consultant, offered the chance of an interview, our reporter David Rince leapt at the opportunity. Here are some excerpts from his report: Walter was waiting for me at the appointed rendez-vous outside the café in Grape Lane.  He … Continue reading

Colouring In

Creativity

Creativity is what happens when you are supposed to be looking for old bank statements. ho hum.

Colouring In

I don’t know about you

I don’t know about you, but it’s at about this time of the month that I like to wallow is self-doubt, and ask myself questions like “if I chosen a career in toothpaste, say, or retrophrenology, would I even now … Continue reading

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Chew, chew, chew.

As a parent, I am concerned by the imminent arrival of the moment when I have to switch tacks from “here comes a chuff-chuff train…”, to “stop playing with your food”.

Parenting

Wade into the water, Alabama 3

I love Alabama 3.   They make Sweet Pretty Muntafoobin Country Acid House Music.  All night long. One of my few regrets about leaving London is that a it’ll be that much less easy to go and see them live. Anyway.  … Continue reading

Guitar

Talltoise.

Do you see what I did there?

Colouring In

Gecko!

Although strictly speaking he’s a common house gecko, this chap (*) is a rare visitor to our house.  So we’re chuffed to bits to see him mooching around on our ceiling. Incidentally, the photo is upside down.  The dude is … Continue reading

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The Lee Child inspired ‘Literary Fiction Detector’.

tl;dr: a cunning tool for analysing written text http://www.ck-conception.com/leechild.php On the 5th March 2011 The BBC broadcast a series of programmes celebrating World Book Night. Amoung them was the particularly entertaining “The Books We Really Read”, presented by the friskily … Continue reading

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