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Our trip to Dublin (part two)

We started the day at the Hugh Lane gallery, really handy for our hotel and they have The Eve Of St Agness, an excellent and famous Harry Clarke window. We've been before but good to check in again. They also have an exhibition based on the studio of...

Anyone need anything washing up?

Loving my new radio, tempted to move the table back into the kitchen so we can eat out there too. I know we could get all the radio stations through the TV, but there's something cool about having a new source of content in a place we did not have be...

Kicking and screaming into the '90s!

Yeah my new DAB radio turned up today. Got a text from Clare to say she'd gone to pick it up, and then convinced myself that it was actually the high chair instead, but no, it's here and it's great. All tuned in automatically, the marvels of modern ...

Last night I dreamt...

Actually it was two nights ago but I thought I would report, as it was WEIRD. I was helping Mark do some flyering for his gig, but it was actually stickers he wanted me to put up. All the stickers were just single letters though, rather than anything...

Dinosaur Planet Trailer

Trailer for MJ Hibbett's Edinburgh show:See Dates and venue info, though looks like there's an extra show too:Thursday July 16 2009, 7.30pmLee Rosy's, 17 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AJtickets �2.00 on the doorTuesday July 21 2009, 8.00pmThe Wilmin...

Dinosaur Planet!

MJ Hibbett is hitting the Edinburgh Fringe again!Dinosaur PlanetPerformance Dates:Tuesday July 21 2009, 8pmThe Wilmington Arms, 69 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4RLPress Launch, with Chris T-T's Improvised Piano Recital�5.00 admittanceFriday August 7...

Planet Of The Grapes

I am reminded of the best name for a wine merchant by this week's popbitch. We had a popbitch christmas party in the Planet Of The Grapes one year, doing wine tasting (well, drinking lots of wine). This was before I thought I knew anything about wine...

Come fly with me

This is great, just saw it on popbitch, a video camera fitted to a remote controlled plane and some excellent flying skills:Countdown, twenty four hours and we'll be at the gig. I would say we'll be at our annual gig, but I'm going to TWO (count 'em)...

Impressive publicity stunt for the new series of lost

Oh no there really was a plane crash, amazing that everyone survived. I am flying on Monday. I hate flying.Nice amateur picture here, it says "put this picture on your website", is that an invitation do you think, or is clicking on that meant to do s...

House hunt

Two houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug...

Plane crash latest and insider scoop, from your Kent correspondent

Nope, sorry, it's miles away, about as far from us as you can be and still be in Kent. BBC news on the crash here.We were in Canterbury yesterday when we saw this, in a pub of all places. We were due to be heading home at this time but someone got t...

Who says the housing market is dead?

Clare reports that that house we really liked in Black Griffin Lane is under offer already. It's only been on the market a week. Looks like we're going to miss that one then....

Fareham makes the national news again

From the Daily Mirror:BAY City Rollers star Les McKeown was booed and heckled by angry fans during a comeback concert.They claim the 50-year-old singer, recently cleared of drug charges, stumbled on stage 90 minutes late and forgot song lyrics.Fans d...

Darkness Bassplayer

Wearing leather trousers texting while he was walking...very clever!

Curry and Mouse Poo

TOP curry yesterday, went to Tayyab near Whitechapel, very good, queued right out the door, which makes a change from all the hustling you get on Brick Lane... had a few pints before in The Ten Bells, also well recommended.Note to self: Never, ever g...

A bloke off Wife Swap

You know who I mean, the black guy who was in the first series of Wife Swap, who had to put up with that horrible, stupid, racist fat pig, while his lovely wife had to sort out the teenagers from hell. He was smoking a pipe. Hmm

Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy

It wasn't me that spotted them, and it wasn't recently, it was back in February, but a friend (Natalie) just sent these surveillance pics she took with her camera-watch on a trip from Byron Bay to Sydney: SMART! More please! In fact I am going out wi...

Elvis Costello

Sat 1st. In the VIP bar enjoying a beer before watching U2 at home infront of 100,000 people on the day we knocked Holland out of the world cup.A great day to be "Oirish."

Nigel Planer

Walking along a street with a couple of hangers-on. And, of course, looking incredibly old. He was probably going over lines for some play he's currently performing at the moment.

Gilbert from Gilbert and George

No George to been seen, and he had his head in the paper. Didn't look happy for a change.

Micheal Portillo

CAMPaigning.....tee hee....did you see what I did? Anyway. He was pretending to care about the locals and he just looked sweaty. Lots of camera crews mind.

Come Fly With... BRUCE DICKINSON!

Bruce Dickinson and Metal-Is are offering YOU the chance to be taken for a spin in Bruce Dickinson (dodgy novellist and occasional Iron Maiden frontman)'s plane...There are 6 flights up for auction, and the winners of 6 of these get a 2 hour flight f...

Tara Fitzgerald

Does she shop ANYWHERE else??

Fiercely loyal N16 cornershopper braves lofty prices at ironically named local grocer.

Art Thing Tonight

Tonight there is an art happening, of the kind East London does so well... It's called "Peep Show", and it's going to feature an GIG by valued punters and enemies of the man Grand Theft Auto. No, not the band with Chris McCormack in, surely you have ...

Bobby Robson

The elderly footie hero was on a flight from Newcastle to Southampton. This was on friday 2nd Feb, the day before the FA Cup fourth round matches, so he had nothing to do that weekend.

Desmond fucking Lynham!

I was standing outside my office having a fag break when he sauntered past, leaving a trail of swoony women in his sexy wake.

Sanjay from 'Stenders

Watching a band, in the courtyard of The Vibe Bar, yesterday. Big Shades, and Big Sideburns too.

Patsy Palmer

Just walking, with a friend, and Brick Lane festival, yesterday.

Tracy Emin

The bad girl of Brit-Art was having a cappucino and a bit of a barney with someone, yesterday lunchtime.

Liz

18.00, 30/08/00.
Pawing over pictures of small dogs whilst bragging about her song-writing abilities (buy the new Atomic Kitten single, out Oct 2nd, for proof of these!).

Oliver