The Captain's Cabin

Vote...

2008-05-01T19:39:32Z

So, I voted. I opted for the independent candidate. If labour hold our council next year we're going to lose Gypsies Green, it's the only athletics facility in town and what's more it's mainly grassy so it fits seamlessly into the coast line. L...

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Italians do it better...

2008-04-21T23:43:51Z

Finding myself with an afternoon to spare today I decided to go and see the exhibition at the Laing which has just opened. It's called Love and is touring from the National Gallery in London featuring works from Vermeer, Goya and Tracey Emin. I ...

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Liberté, Egalité et Fraternité

2008-04-10T19:19:41Z

As promised to Bold as Love following her post of the Vanessa Paradis track. Admittedly, neither is even remotely similar musically, but they're both rather French. Admittedly it's brash, arrogant and distinctly emphatic, but then, isn't that w...

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QotW: Olympic Torch Protests

2008-04-01T23:04:53Z

The Olympic torch was lit in Beijing, China on Monday and will be taken on 130-day journey throughout the world. What is your reaction to the Tibet activist groups who plan to demonstrate in large cities as the torch passes through because of Chi...

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Vox Hunt: Athlete for a Day

2008-03-29T00:14:31Z

Show us the athlete you'd most like to be for one game. (apologies for the shoddy video quality!) I'd have to be Kevin Pietersen, I'm a huge fan of Alistair Cook as a solid and dependable batsmen, but at the end of the day Pietersen, when on for...

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Life QotW: The Dirt on Gardening

2008-03-26T23:41:50Z

What's your favorite gardening tip for spring? Hire someone.

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Vox Hunt: Get in the Ring

2008-03-23T01:10:42Z

Share the song you would choose to come out to in a boxing match. "I don't know about the Marquis of Queensbury rules, but the Oscar Wilde rules are shoot on sight." With this in mind the pugilistic contest betwixt my fellow man and I is likely ...

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It hurts to see you dance so well...

2008-03-21T00:35:55Z

This evening I've been looking into sending off my novel. I've already sent for a book version from lulu, but I've been looking at publishers and literary agents. The way I see this I can go three routes... Send manuscripts to publishers direc...

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How the land lies...

2008-03-17T15:24:04Z

Those fortunate (or unfortunate as the case may be) enough to have kept up with my previous online incarnations may be aware of the ongoing state of conflict between myself and the local sea gulls. This has involved all kind of air raids in which...

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Culture QotD: Work of Art

2008-03-11T20:27:53Z

What work of art do you find inspirational This may seem an odd choice for an inspiring work of art, and I must confess my first instinct on reading the question was to reach for one of my Caravaggio books and pluck out St Catherine of Alexandri...

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