Found these via @johnwarrender, as featured on The Telegraph website. Apparently, I’m well tardy to this particular party. Anyway, they’re the work of Neill Cameron, a writer and artist who specialises in manga and comic book-influenced art. You can see his website here, and check him out on Twitter. Cameron did 26 drawings over 26 days – [...]
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The A-Z of Awesomeness
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Presented Without Comment
The photograph: Actually, I lied. Here’s the correct comment:
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In Which YorubaGirl Flies With Angels
My sainted mother, YorubaMum, is a hardcore bargain hunter. You know what I mean; like John Lewis, she too has a slogan: Never knowingly overpaid. One of the recurring memories of my child- and teen-hood involves her returning from some sale somewhere and asking YorubaDad to “go on, guess how much it cost? Go on, guess!” Poor YorubaDad [...]
Tiny Venues & Interesting Loos
It’s very easy to bash the great city of London. To be fair, there’s quite a lot to bash if you’re that way inclined – it can be dirty, smelly, expensive and sometimes, it’s so far up its own trendy backside, you can actually taste pavement. Occasionally though, you go out, you have a great night, [...]
Also posted in Food, London, Love, Review, Style Tagged Awesome!, Best Of British, Comedy, Customer Service, Eating, Food, Friends, Images, Joy, London, People Watching, Things That Make You Go Mmm 3 Comments
In Which My 'Wit' is Rendered Redundant
I was at my hairdresser’s the other week for a retouch appointment. That’s right, I gave in to the relaxer ‘cult’ as a child dammit, and so any longer than nine weeks between treaments and my hair starts to feel insecure. This manifests itself as bad behaviour i.e. disregarding my every request and sitting petulantly in [...]
Black Fridays: Black It Up! But Not Too Much, Y'Hear?
The poem goes that Friday’s Child is loving and giving, and I don’t know about you, but I tend to follow the arbitrary rules laid out in childhood rhymes. In that vein, Happy Friday, kids! Welcome to yet another edition of Black Fridays, tagline: cos the week ain’t Black enough! The Black Gods (if you don’t know about [...]
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Images Of The Little Holiday That Could…
A picture tells a thousand words, right? Below are a few snapshots of my Nigerian holiday.
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