by Jack Barrow | Dec 21, 2015 | General Blog, General Silliness, R2D2
I bought R2D2 about 10 years ago. He’s made of old car parts. I’m thinking of taking him to see The Force Awakens. I bought him (it) in the mall from a bloke who made all sorts of sculptures from Alien to Predator, all bits of scap metal. I’m not...
by Jack Barrow | Aug 19, 2015 | General Blog
I’ve recently linked here from some of my original images on my Pinterest page. I’ve linked them to this blog because I don’t really have anywhere else to send the link so this has become my preferred web presence and something of a portfolio. I’ve developed a bit of...
by Jack Barrow | Jul 27, 2015 | Current Affairs, General Silliness, Media, Politics, Social Media
Users of The Internet were incensed today by a newspaper article that told the truth but was totally made up. The article, attributed to someone with a name that couldn’t possibly exist, told how people were surprised that government policy was turning out to be bad...
by Jack Barrow | Jul 8, 2015 | Current Affairs, Politics, Social Media, Twitter
Last night I was somewhat surprised to see Douglas Carswell, the only UKIP MP, on Newsnight again commenting on Inheritance Tax; a subject that I don’t really remember UKIP campaigning on in the election. This made me wonder why he was asked to take part in that...
by Jack Barrow | May 1, 2015 | General Blog, Non Fiction, Pagan, Publishing, Thoughts and Observations, Travelogue, Writing
I’ve been up all night, or at least I feel as though I have, my body clock’s all out of kilter but it’s May Morning, the sun’s shining and the year has begun. I swear I saw some cow parsley in the hedgerows this morning although it’s not normally out until end of May...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 13, 2014 | Media, Social Media, Thoughts and Observations
Reactions to the Sainsbury’s Christmas advert have been bouncing around the social media world for the last day or so. It’s a genuinely moving piece of film (it moved me to tears but then again so do some episodes of Star Trek) and it’s very well made. It’s thoughtful...