I have been attempting to compose some ambient music. I have rudimentary music skills & know just enough music theory to be dangerous. I made this piece on my iPad using a field recording I made of birdsong, GarageBand &…
Some supporters of “hard” Brexit are talking about WTO Article 24 as if they knew what they are talking about. They don’t. Peter Ungphakorn does. Here’s a useful article by him.
There is so much valuable information available about the EU. I wish I’d known about this before the 2016 referendum. Those of us who wanted to remain in the EU were complacent, didn’t believe we would vote to leave. The…
This post is about the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and not the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECJ is part of the European Union, the ECHR is not. The ECJ is more correctly known as the Court…
Claims sometimes appear on social media that “the EU won’t let UK fishers catch fish in UK waters”. The true story is only slightly longer: Each EU country was given a quota of fish of different fish species that can…
These are some of my first 3D prints. They are maquettes for a larger piece I’m considering making. If I go ahead with what would be a pretty ambitious work, each of these pieces will be cast in something like…
A few weeks ago I bought an Ender 3 3D Printer. This wasn’t my first choice of 2D printer as I was put off by having to assemble it myself. In the end, it wasn’t too difficult and a video…
Here are a couple of projects left over from the days when I owned and operated a laser cutter. These files can be used to create a trinket box in 4mm ply and a larger box in 6mm ply. For…
I bought this brass candlestick from a local “antique” shop. It seems as though brass ware isn’t very collectible at the moment as it only cost £6. It was in a pretty corroded state and polishing with Brasso wasn’t powerful…
