This is a photo of my Grandmother, Ellen (Nellie) Dubber (née Dempsey), on the occasion of her 95th birthday, 1st January 2011. Behind her, left to right, are my father Chick, his sister Ann and brother Fred. She was born in Glasgow where she lived until she moved with her family to Auckland in the [...]
Categories: Family
Jake, me , John Mostyn and the blimp Sometimes it’s good to put your hand up for stuff just in case. I was doing some writing on Friday, but keeping an eye on Twitter – and one of the people I follow mentioned that if any journalists wanted to go up in the Goodyear Blimp, [...]
Categories: Travel
I played at the Hare and Hounds this afternoon as usual, and did a 4-hour all-vinyl set while people sat and ate their roast dinners. Just for fun, I played some of the records I picked up in Colombia and Brazil last year, and thought I’d put together a one-hour block with those tunes in [...]
Categories: Music
Through a series of unusual and interesting connections today, I’ve been offered a ride on the Goodyear Blimp on Monday. This Monday coming. I’m really incredibly excited about that. Can’t wait. There’s just one hitch though – it’s taking off from a field in Essex, and it’s nowhere near anything remotely resembling public transportation. In [...]
Categories: Travel
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