November 2011
18 posts
Magazomancy
Pick up a magazine. Any magazine. Start flipping through it, taking especial notice of the headlines, bylines and pull-quotes.
Isn’t it funny how many of them seem to be particularly significant to your life right now, to your current situation, to your aspirations and to your fears?
Ask a question in your head and flip through the magazine again. More likely than not you’ll find...
Win a copy of my book
As anyone who has been following me via other social media channels will no doubt know, my book “I Was A Teenage Toyah Fan” came out last week. This is a chance for someone who hasn’t bought it yet to win a copy as long as they use Twitter.
But I’m not just giving away a copy of the book; the lucky winner will get all of the following:
a copy of my book of course
an...
Not pop music
For some reason a memory resurfaced this morning. It was of the pep talk we had from one of the teachers about filling in our university application form. When it came to filling in the “hobbies and interests” section he had the following pearl of wisdom to impart:
“NOT pop music. Don’t put ‘I am into Heavy Metal’. If you’re interested in the history of...