4 Mar 2013

AD8: Blue Velvet

Artist dates don’t have to involve getting out of the house. On Saturday I did a quick catch-up artist date, as going to Portsmouth the weekend before, and running the Bath Half Marathon yesterday ate up a fair bit of my available artist date time. Instead of going out, I stayed in, and watched a film […]

28 Feb 2013

AD7: King of Bristol: Climbing Cabot Tower

I’m playing catchup on my artist dates, as I managed to miss one last week, having gone to Porstmouth for the weekend on fairly short notice. As you do. Yesterday, therefore, I went for a bit of a walk, to visit a place that really says “Bristol” to me, but which I’ve not visited for years […]

19 Feb 2013

AD6: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Playing catchup: my artist date from last week was a quick jaunt to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which I realised was leaving Bristol on Sunday. I enjoy the exhibition. As with past years, though, I walked past the signs at Bristol’s City Museum quite a few times, thinking, “Oh, it’s on for […]

6 Feb 2013

AD5: A Brief Jaunt to Sea Mills

Sometimes I don’t feel so great when I wake up. If I sleep badly, which I seem to be doing a fair bit at the moment, I can wake up tired and headachy and not quite knowing what to do with myself. That’s how I woke up on Wednesday this week. So, I didn’t do much […]

1 Feb 2013

AD4: Pervasive Media Studio

I’ve often seen signs for the Pervasive Media Studio around the Watershed. And I walked past the back door every working day for a few years. But I’ve never really known what it is. So, when I saw they were having an open day as part of Digital Bristol Week, I signed up for a tour. […]