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Spent a couple of fun hours out of the grey and drizzle in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Being a Glasgow University graduate, it’s always a little bit of a homecoming heading West. The Museum itself is looking great after it has be refurbished. The website said I should ask permission before taking photos, which I did, they said it was ok if they were...

There is something distinctly serendipitous about receiving this book from a kindly benefactor (yes, I’ve been reading Dickens) on the same day as I signed up for Instagram. You see, there is a very clear and distinct line of DNA between Parr’s images and the 21c hipster cranking out pictures of his cappuccino in a retro style. Because of this, we are all...

Like a gazillion others, I quickly jumped in the DrawSomething bandwagon and had a good laugh at my total lack of artistic talent. It’s simplicity does have an immediate appeal and is good fun. $200M can’t be wrong, right? Because it’s so simple and because, initially at least, it’s a lot of fun, you can easily see who it spread virally so...

Great day in town at the Science Festival in the City Arts Centre followed a trip to the National Museum of Scotland and the Fascinating Mummies exhibit. Didn’t expect to take many photos today but I lugged the camera about with me anyway ( and discovered at the museum it weighs the same as a Koala bear ). Even though it was a cold, grey day, the views from the...