Monthly Archives: March 2011

My one system of barter

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Stephen Foster

When I was a skint Art Student I decorated my hairdresser’s salon and also made some gilded mirrors for the place in the art school studios. I did it for nothing, using ‘found materials’ and ever since them I’ve had … Continue reading →

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The blog went to work today

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Stephen Foster

It was rather wearing; after the writing workshop there were tutorials which were held in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts where there was an exhibition of basketry. Via Motorola we just intend to make make a quick record of … Continue reading →

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So, with yesterday being a Monday, the blog threw a sicky

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Stephen Foster

It seemed only right for its inaugural working life/job search week. And then, most supernaturally and appropriately, Ruth Selwyn-Crome only came and turned up in my inbox (‘Tardy Friday’ was the name of the mail) with this work-themed poem from … Continue reading →

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Searching for the perfect job/spoiler alert

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Stephen Foster

I was thinking tonight that what I’d like to do would be a writer in residence at the Tate Modern. I had the idea that it would allow me to be alone with the art before the place opened and … Continue reading →

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Bats

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Stephen Foster

I was out with Dylan round the local lake, Whitlingham Broad, in the dusk tonight and they were fizzing about all over. They seem to fly for fun, though in reality they are on a serious mission echolocating insects. Still, … Continue reading →

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I’ve been a bit tardy

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Stephen Foster

Anybody with anything useful to add pls give Pel a helping hand on this thread that’s just about to fall off the bottom of the front page.

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In these days of changing ways

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Stephen Foster

I heard The Killing of Georgie by Rod Stewart on the radio this morning. It threw back me into a time and place as cleanly if I’d just been shown a Polaroid of myself as seventeen year old. When I … Continue reading →

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I just couldn’t resist it, via Motorola

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Stephen Foster

I noticed this sign while I was stopped at the traffic lights in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, last Sunday lunchtime before the Mighty Potters proved to strong for West Ham.! There was a terrier sitting in the window of the house looking … Continue reading →

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The Moons in Norwich Tonight, via Motorola

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Stephen Foster
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Primitive sat nav/entertainment

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Stephen Foster

When I was a kid we used to have this street map in a glass box in the town of Tunstall. It was next to the market hall. It had buttons that you pressed to show where places were such … Continue reading →

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