On the Power of Seagulls and other thoughts I have had whilst by the sea in one whole blog post

Seagulls know how to start the day right. They start by screaming. Screw the dawn chorus, this is the Dawn Scream, direct from their beaks to the ears of everyone unlucky enough to be in the vicinity at five in the morning. These feathery bastards are everywhere in Scarborough, and they are TOO BIG. I …

I am my inspiration (I am my inspiration)

First thing's first – go and listen to Lizzo. I don't care if you're her biggest fan or you have never heard of her before, stop reading now and go and put on some of her fucking excellent music. My favourite track is Water Me. SHE'S JUST SO FUCKING GOOD. Soundtrack sorted? Good. I guess …

oh good lord it has been so long since i wrote something on here anyway here’s a blog.

*This blog post has been modified somewhat after a phone call from my two brothers, asking why I hadn't even included them and that they were dead upset and our sister got a mention so why didn't we and that I should change it, so I have done. Hopefully this regains the Good Sister points …

i usually post about social awareness stuff but every so often even i need a break from this shit so here’s a story

King of Shadows I fell in love with Oberon when she was stood outside the nightclub, smoke curling from her cigarette and a snake tattoo around her arm. I couldn't find my lighter. She stepped closer as the rain started and the flame jumped from her fingertips, I breathed in her scent of sulphur and …

i spend a lot of time on rightmove when i should be working but anyway here’s a blog.

There's a woman stood on the platform in the rain. She's shouting about bombs and yelling threats to people waiting on the opposite side. She shouts what are you going to do threaten a young girl / I'm homeless / I'm scared / I'm scared / I'm scared and the anger in her voice is …

want to feel better so i can be a better friend/person/creative but i don’t talk about my feelings out loud here’s a blog.

I went for a walk today in perfect weather, down sun striped pathways, across patches of mud covered in panes of ice, cracked and solid and unsinking. I walked without my headphones. The trees creaked in the wind and knocked against each other, the frost looked like snow on the riverbank. The sun was blinding …

Band Aid is an awful song and you should all not listen to it. Here’s a blog.

(The Civil Wars Poison and Wine) The cafe is playing mid 2000's Live Lounge cover music interspersed with Christmas songs and I have never felt closer to Christmas than I do right now. It's the 21st December. Everyone is doing top ten lists of things and going shopping and having parties, and I fall into …

Losing things

The last few weeks have been difficult. Really difficult. That's what I've been saying to people, when they ask how I am, I say I've had a really difficult couple of weeks but I'm on the way out of them now. I don't think that's true. I can't see any end to this path, not …

If you’re in the know, you just know, y’know?

I was going to write something about the Harvey Weinstein thing, but I don't really know what I could add. He's a horrendous abhorrent specimen. We all know that now. And it's great that people are coming forward and feel able to come forward, and it's prompting some people to mention that it is rife …

Party Trick

I feel it's that time again. It's time to write, without actually having the time to write what I need to. It's time to make a massive list of things I need to do and things I want to do and cross-reference that with shift patterns and tour dates and family events and the ever …