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Draw It!

Looking forward to Draw It! workshop on the 28th May, and big excitement yesterday. Dust from Dr. Who’s Tardis arrived (via, erm, Cardiff’s BBC studios) in an Encyclopedia Gallifreya bottle.  Another fascinating addition to my Dust Museum.  And official date … Continue reading

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Cartoon Correspondence exhibition travels south

cc poster copy

In March my Shetland postcard correspondent the polymath Stephen Gordon (aka Shetland Times Cartoonist Smirk) arrived from the North wearing his kilt and bonnet, with a huge amount of luggage and complaining about his frozen knees.   Admittedly London was … Continue reading

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Mr Punch makes it into the local paper

Mr Punch, never shy of a bit of publicity, appeared with his companion Leslie Press in this week’s Camden New Journal.  

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Meeting Mr Punch exhibition – that’s the way to do it! etc

  A wonderful exhibition launch! With cakes!  Much help from MW with organisation, and Lisa Hauck’s Hair Salon, former home of Leslie the Punch and Judy man in the 1930s, was a perfect venue.  Emerald‘s design expertise and Sabine’s medicinal (ahem) … Continue reading

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Meeting Mr Punch exhibition – getting ready

Much activity at the SK Studios (aka small table in back room of very small apartment) getting ready for the Meeting Mr Punch teaparty launch on sunday 9th September (3 days away in fact – yikes!) at 148 Gloucester Avenue, … Continue reading

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Hair

Recently Christa Tam, whom I’d met in Hong Kong earlier this year when I was taking part in the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival, asked me to write something about my favourite childhood book.  Christa is book project manager … Continue reading

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Wellcome visit

Last month to the Wellcome Collection, nipped in again to the excellent Brains exhibition.  Camden Council sent in their Health & Safety advisor after several visitors fainted when viewing films of ECT treatment and a brain operation – both of … Continue reading

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Family tree

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Out for tea

Yesterday walked across a burgeoning Regents Park from Primrose Hill to Baker Street to have a cup of tea with JS, Dean of Degrees at an Oxford college. Continue reading

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Notebook page

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