Most of this blog has a design bias but in this section there are thoughts, ideas and stuff that is related specifically to graphic design.

As a young boy I remember everyone in our house could cook. My Mum always baked cakes and biscuits on Mondays and Cheese and Onion Pie on Fridays and my Dad always cooked Christmas Dinner. I grew up on Sheep's Head Broth, Cow Heel Pie, Lancashire Hotpot and Bury Market Black Puddings eaten on the hoof, hot from a boiling cauldron, slathered with English Mustard and a generous sprinkle of salt. 

Gig-Arts presents dynamic free creative enterprise days with workshops and live gigs, for students of the visual arts, music and drama. In return for their free day, Gig-Arts participants pledge a day of their time and talent to help others in their community.

...art, books, cinema, tv, music and dance, but I know what I like.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. 

Humour is a funny thing. I miss the days when in the pub, a mate would say "Have you heard the one about..." Email is the new pub. Here you'll find things that made me chuckle. Some from emails, some from real-life.

You've either got or you haven't got style. If you got it, you stand out a mile. A flower's not a flower if it's wilted, A hat's not a hat till it's tilted. You either got or you haven't got class. How it draws the applause of the masses.