The Man in Black: The Old Road by Penny Skinner

The Man in Black series on Radio 4 Extra has been fabulously enjoyable. The other week I ground to a halt in mid flow of cooking to listen to Penny Skinner's 'The Old Road'. A story truly awful in the nicest sense of gradually escalating terror involving a combination of driving at night, a woodland setting and a rather troublesome GPS navigation system. Mark Gatiss takes on the role of The Man in Black, an introductory raconteur who verbally leads the way into a story of unsettling consequences. Thirty minutes of delicious listening pleasure. A lovely reminder of those days of 'Armchair Thriller' for anyone old enough to remember them from the 70s. ('Monkey's Paw' was a favourite which made me hope as a young child that I would one day come across some foreign talisman knocking about in my elderly aunts cupboards that would hold both magical and malevolent powers that we would have to battle).  If you haven't moved your dial to Radio 4 Extra then I'd urge you to do so. Something quietly exceptional is happening with this programming.

Dollboy

Evidently all work and no play makes Oliver Cherer a particularly interesting Dollboy. Check out Dollboy's Ghost Stations event that will take place 50ft down in the Rotherhithe tunnel shaft on Thurs 5th Sept at the Brunel Museum. Only 75 tickets are allocated for this show. Got mine this morning. Has all the ingredients to be a pretty special evening in a truly amazing venue. P.S. Don't forget to take a scarf as it gets fair nippy down in that there tunnel. Oliver Cherer also plays as Rhododendron at Putney Library on Saturday afternoon 10th August - free event. 

Artwork credit: Gary Wells, signwriter, Whistable, Kent.

Foam

Hello. I'm banging on about Foam again this morning. Check out the link Foam for You. The workshops are exceptional and there is an amazing print buying facility. In fact, I shouldn't have just ordered that second coffee in their cafe and really ought to be getting back on with some work. 

Photo credit: Edward Steichen (exhibition at Foam runs until 6th Sept)

Watcher at the Window

Halve Maan Half Biscuit

Apologies, yes, I know this is Half Moon...but 'Halve Maan, Halve Biscuit Street' has now stuck each time I walk by this, how shall I say, less glam, part of town.

BeBob

Bebob - masters of fulfilling your home interior needs...sigh

Marqt

 

Amsterdam for a month as we managed a house swap with friends in their beautiful apartment and I'm loving shopping for food in Marqt. A lovely space, friendly staff and delicious food stuffs. Just made an excuse to purchase some lunch here and stock on a few items for this evening's meal and head back via the offices of Foam. Yep, I am a Marqt woman indeed.