Between 1992 & 1997, I used to write a newspaper column for the North West music and arts paper REVERB. It was and irreverent look at the art world and…
“I’m ALWAYS ANGRY, that’s my secret weapon” THE HULK. Artists are funny creatures; on the one hand they are a rag-a-muffin group of emotional cripples, outcasts from society, being chased…
An essay on creativity by Philip Battle. “I’m a creative person“ is usually a statement made by a person who once drew a realistic portrait or wrote a couple of…
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy…
Just thought I’d take this opportunity to wish ALL the readers of my blog a very seasonal goodwill and happy and ‘successful’ New Year. As street artists, every single year…
I’m not really a world cup fan or a fan of football in general but I must say I was pleased when England beat Slovenia today…..My partner Catherine couldn’t contain…
Have you ever wondered what life is like working at your local PC World? What exactly do the staff get up to, what do they think of each other and…
Went back to Hale last week and spent hours just watching and photographing Swallows and Swifts darting over the corn fields in a never ending search for food…catching insects on…
I spent a lovely couple of hours this evening (Monday 14th June) walking alone around Hale Village on the outskirts of Liverpool. I was in perfect solitude…..accompanied only by my iPod…
I’ve just rekindled my interest in MySpace and I’m currently looking for friends to join me there: http://www.myspace.com/urbanphil it’s much better than FaceBook in my opinion so I think I’ll be…
