It’s an iceberg. I’m telling you it is” said a normally sedate Marcus Brigstocke. “it is not!” frowned Sunand Prasad , head of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Sunand marched away back to the ship. “it is though” muttered Marcus. Read more [...]

Listening to radio an interviewer ask their interviewee "describe the experience for the listener". Description is all the listener needs, imagination does the rest. "well..." come's the reply "its just too beautiful for words". The answer makes me want to rip out the interviewees tongue and slap them with it. Read more [...]

The Ship is in pitch darkness  now.  The engine is turning over gently. Many of the crew are in their quarters.  The captain is upon the bridge and the anchor is far below,   in the Read more [...]

There's forty six passengers, nineteen Russian crew, three international expedition staff and three international hotel and catering staff. It was stormy last night. The Gregory Mikheev, all two hundred Read more [...]

I am travelling through the sea at night and I am not sure which sea it is. I am in the Arctic, so it could be the Arctic sea. I have travelled across the world to be here but I am not sure which countries I have passed. I have no idea which hemisphere I am in. I think I am in the southern hemisphere but I am not sure. I can find out but at time of writing I am not sure. I don’t know what time it is. Read more [...]

You are not currently connected to any networks.  My remote wireless connection won’t work because I am somewhere too remote. A backbone of water  slithers behind the ship as it bows  Read more [...]

Shit. I am in Iceland, with photographers, painters, composers, lyricists, musicians and scientists. We are all travelling en route to the Arctic to experience Climate Change. Fifty percent of us know exactly why they are here. They have projects to work on and numbers to crunch. And the other fifty percent? Guess which one I am in? But am I missing something, it’s climate and it’s changing. Don’t we experience climate change wherever we are: Paris, New York or London. Nature is by virtue, everywhere, so why the Arctic and why artists? Read more [...]

I don’t do it a lot but I did it today. I did. I j sent out an email advertising my forthcoming book to everyone on my email list. At least it was democratic, journalists got the same message as distant friends. Read more [...]

But as I can't reveal our deliberations - a final decision has not yet been reached I consider the audience. The dance audience is captivating. The angular near spikey faces of the fairer sex and the look-me -in-the-eye body language is very attractive. So too the intensity. Read more [...]

It's a picture of me doing the incredible  disappearing body trick, something most children can do, but lose the ability as they grow older. I sent this blog using word 2007 so it's a Read more [...]