Great to see my friend Tim Bowness playing live at Boston Music Room in London last night. Ably assisted as ever by his band including Michael Bearpark on guitar (who many years ago taught me the difference between the dorian and mixolydian modes amongst other handy guitar nuggets). Do check out Tim’s new album ‘Stupid Things That Mean The World’ if you can. #timbowness #michaelbearpark #colinedwin #bostonmusicroom #london
On the studio wall: Elvis, Priscilla, Lisa Marie and Philip Guston. A winning combination. #elvis #elvispresley #philipguston #art #painting #studio
Today’s erudite DIY task: building a replica of the Old Bailey in the living room. #nfsimpson #absurd #theatre #book #play #diy
Dorothy Parker was born on this day in 1893. It feels like I did this drawing around the same time #howtimeflies #earlywork #drawing #dorothyparker #birthday #literature #literary #print standarddesigns.etsy.com
From the Ladybird book ‘Cooking with Mother’, published in 1977. I think this is the illustration for 'Milk Plus - milk plus vellocet, synthmesc or drencrom’. #clockworkorange #ladybird #ladybirdbooks #design #book #1977 #kubrick
In the park today: nature doing its best ‘1980s Brian Eno Album Cover’ impression. #brianeno #talkingheads #u2 #albumcover #nature
Today would have been Ted Hughes’s 85th birthday. Crows everywhere have been crowing their thanks for the big-up all day. Ditto the cast and crew of ‘Ghostbusters II’, Hughes’s favourite movie. #tedhughes #poet #poetry #ghostbusters #portrait #print
Teeny-tiny Tintin toy today. #Tintin #Hergé #bookshelf
Today I found my old secondary school photo, taken in May 1982. Naturally it’s a fascinating record of 300 or so different attempts at The Perfect Eighties Hairstyle. But as much as the boredom and mutual antagonism on the faces of everyone pictured - teachers and pupils alike - tells a story, the deathly dull architecture in the background - the school roof, a nearby council house, a gaggle of TV aerials - says just as much to me, and in an equally haunting fashion. #school #photo #class #1980s #blackandwhite #architecture #boredom #thesmiths #morrissey #dormlife #dolequeue #britain #education #b&w #ohnonotdoublegeographyagain
Fans of wind instruments and stark 1970s/early 1980s photography will thrill to this strange little tome from the Horniman Museum (you at the back - stop giggling). #music #instruments #wind #book #museum #typography #1970s #1980s
