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Summer Greetings 11 Jul 2013 | 12:03 am
Wishing all of my friends and readers a fabulously lush and verdant summer! As some will know, I've recently moved house just in time for the sunshine. It's a brand new house right on the very edge...
The Grimm Road 4 Jun 2013 | 11:17 pm
This year celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Grimm Brother's Household Tales. To commemorate, here's my latest editorial cut from the regular series of monthly illustrations I ...
Some more images of Yanesen in 1987-88 27 May 2013 | 08:00 pm
Here are some more comparison photos of lost Yanaka and Nezu, "then and now". Over the years I experienced a lot of things in Japan, many of them amazing, and occasionally disturbing. There have been...
Memories of Yanesen 20 May 2013 | 04:58 pm
My fascination with Japan originally stemmed from a love of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints and the history of old Tokyo, which soon expanded into a wider appreciation of the country. So when in the new year...
Recent Doodles 26 Apr 2013 | 10:32 pm
It's not just people sketching this Spring, I've been flexing the imagination as well. These little sketchbook doodles are actually derived from real life. I bought a new bicycle recently, really. It...
April Tokyo Train Sketches Part 2 20 Apr 2013 | 08:26 pm
Here are some more sketches made earlier this month on Tokyo trains. Den-en-Toshi line, evening rush-hour, yeay! I got a seat! Den-en-Toshi line, evening rush-hour, These two drawings are the extent...
Tokyo on the Train 17 Apr 2013 | 07:05 pm
Daughter and I have just arrived home from another flying visit to Tokyo. As I was only in town for a couple of weeks it was a very busy time squeezing as much into each day as I could, most days spen...
What I Love about Old Books 21 Mar 2013 | 04:24 pm
There's so much talk about new technology, of tablets and Apps, e-Books versus print publishing, it's difficult to know where you stand sometimes. None of us wants to be left behind in this digital re...
When in doubt...... 6 Mar 2013 | 02:14 pm
.....doodle.
Doodles on the train 14 Feb 2013 | 03:21 pm
So yes, last weekend I was off on the train for a couple of hours, as promised I was drawing all the way. However due to the constraints of reserved seat allocation and tightly tiered seat layouts, ma...
