Monthly Archives: November 2002

Self Portraits: 35mm strips

Me: self portrait in car mirror Since we’re on the subject of mirrors ….. He’s me, on the way home, and using up the end of the film

Sky Mirror: Nottingham Playhouse This stunning sculpture is situated outside the Playhouse Theatre, providing the centrepiece for the re-development of the forecourt area. I thought I would take some pictures of it yesterday. http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/skymirror Facts & figures Sky Mirror is … Continue reading →

MI5 – Some of my own adventures There is some accountability, a commission to oversee the investigation of complaints about surveillance by these services. Should a complaint to this tribunal be made, an individual would not be told whether or … Continue reading →

True Spies BBC2, after-show internet discussion .RAM In the True Spies series award-winning reporter Peter Taylor reveals how the British “Secret State” – MI5 and Special Branch – has spied on citizens for decades, including trade unionists. But does the … Continue reading →

Nottingham Remembrance Day Parade I try and attend a public act of remembrance most years. Am in a bit of a minority in my own scene, in thinking that this is important. Not just ‘history’ either, since more of the … Continue reading →

T h i s is a space, for art reasons ………!

Announcing the new website of the travellers / techno community in Orgiva, Granada Province, Southern Spain http://partyvibe.com/conspiracy/ I did this website for my son, Sam, and hosted it on Fortunecity for the last few months to get it all, of … Continue reading →

Announcing the new website of the travellers / techno community in Orgiva, Granada Province, Southern Spain http://partyvibe.com/conspiracy/ I did this website for my son, Sam, and hosted it on Fortunecity for the last few months to get it all, of … Continue reading →

UK Blogs – Yahoo Groups RE: [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ukbloggers/ ] This group has been going a little while. But after difference of opinion on what it was for, it has split into the following two groups. Am learning stuff from these … Continue reading →

Being notified of Blog changes Couple of way that you can get notified, if a blog your interested in, gets updated. One is by xml rss ‘feeds’ . These can be read by programs like feedreader http://www.feedreader.com. But you do … Continue reading →

A Conspiracy on Partyvibe Last month, announced the website, I’d set up for my son, Sam and friends in the South of Spain. A party animal, by all accounts. Taken a while, but Hugh from ‘Partyvibe’ has volunteered the webspace … Continue reading →

Interest from American Musician My name is Timothy Hull and I’m an activist musician living here in the states – in Washington state. I emailed you once several months ago asking for permission to perhaps use a photo of yours … Continue reading →

BBC2 running a series at the moment called “True Spies” http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/true_spies/default.stm The last two weeks programs, covered the use of the Security Services to infiltrate and seek information on ‘leftys’, Trade Union and Student Union activities. The miners Strike. Political … Continue reading →

BREAKING NEWS: Police launch plan to control the news Undercurrents productions spent a year uncovering the co-ordinated plans by the various British police forces to control the news reaching the nations screens and newspapers. As Channel 4 dragged its heels … Continue reading →

‘The Photograph never lies: Yea, Right!’ Some Wag, had nicked a picture from my surveillance gallery. He downloaded it, messed with it in photoshop, then sent it back to me by e-mail, having interpreted his art! Lovely Apart from being … Continue reading →

A Photoshop’d me! “Every man’s work, whether it be literature or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself” Samuel Butler

Useful items to bring to a party: 1. A copy of this print out. 2. A road map (A-Z, AA or http://www.mapquest.com) 3. A (charged up) mobile phone. 4. Some snacks (fruit, bottled water, biscuits, etc) 5. Depending on the … Continue reading →

Digital Photography and Blogs: Researcher ukbloggers@yahoogroups.com Tue 15/10/02 09:25 [ukbloggers] Digest Number 662 Subject: photo blogs Does anyone use alot of digital photography on their blogs [or indeed run a separate photo blog]? If so, are you willing to be … Continue reading →

Art Crimes: Bristol, UK Matt Smith – Photographer / Artist, based in Bristol. check him out. http://www.graffiti.org/bristol/index.html VANDALISM. We live in an information-rich society, constantly bombarded by data, imagery, and statistics thrust under our noses, supplied direct to you, the … Continue reading →