Monthly Archives: May 2017

The strangeness of creatures: 1

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Matt

Strange video footage. As more and more footage of animals performing in apparently ritualistic ways and showing a degree of sophistication appears, it becomes more and more likely that the notion animals are not conscious will be jettisoned, like former concepts … Continue reading →

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14 things Eddie The Eagle taught me

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Matt

Eddie the Eagle has an ambivalent reputation in the British psyche. As a boy, I remember the Press sneering at him and implying he was in some way an embarrassment for Britain, or painting him as a kind of likeable … Continue reading →

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Writing Edward King – the performances, 27th May 2017

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Matt

Some time ago I volunteered to write a short story about local artist Edward King, who for the last 26 years of his life was a patient at St James’s Lunatic Asylum on Locksway Road, Milton. It was part of … Continue reading →

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Moscow State Circus – Southsea, 24th May to 4th June 2017

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Matt

Over the years I have come to realise that there are only three true art forms. These are Punch and Judy, pantomime and circus. Of these, the greatest is whichever I have most recently seen. That said, Gostinitsa, the Hotel of Curiosities, … Continue reading →

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