Some journals I enjoy:
Sensible stuff:
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The controversial exposé of the falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the news media.
This book has not only changed my view of news journalism, but how I view the world around me.
A quick and convenient way of faxing him/ her for free.
... first appeared as a newsletter at the end of 1989. It grew from a sense of frustration with conventional medicine, and a desire to tell others about its short-comings and dangers.
Not intended to replace, but to augment and enhance conventional medical thought.
Tell people something they know already, and they will thank you for it. Tell them something new, and they will hate you for it.
Music:
"Surely one of the most distinctive and thrilling vocalists to appear in the last decade, hers is that rare voice that once heard, cannot be forgotten" - Musical Discoveries
Fans of Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Michael Nyman, Vaughan Williams, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Bush, June Tabor, Kathleen Ferrier, Pentangle, Shirley Collins, Maddy Prior, Planxty, Linda Thompson & Roy Harper will find much to enjoy here...
Music that challenges and absorbs the listener. Edgy and evocative. Thrilling stuff. One of the most sensual performers I have ever seen.
Sheffield South Yorkshire's versatile singer/ organist.
A startling mixture of opera, gypsy song and left bank Paris. Passionate songs about prostitutes, drug addicts and losers.
The Criminal Castrati's Anarchic Brechtian Blues Trio; Tom Waits on Helium.
Dead people are very popular with us. Funny people as well. Funny dead people are really popular with us...
People all over the world have asked me, "Is this woman for real?" and I always give them the same answer: she's better than that...
The eager-beaver diva with the un-constricted boa. When she sings she stirs your brain around with a spoon. Like the intoxicating cocktail a besotted Fidel Castro named after her, she may have sugar around the edges, but a fire burns within the depths...
(Clive James)
A loosely
structured laboratory for artists of all kinds to re-imagine
what radio can be.
(Artforum)
Less a radio station than a living art installation...
(Harpers & Queen)
Humour:
... one of Britain's funniest women. Jenny started out writing punk poetry and performing in a band called Cathy La Crème and the Rum Babies. After a career change to stand up comedy Jenny adopted the name 'Eclair' after pretending to be French whilst in Blackpool...
I love this woman.
TV and radio comedian and bestselling author of one of the funniest books I have ever read, "Round Ireland with a Fridge" - the story of his absurd quest to hitch round the circumference of Ireland within a month... with a fridge: "a totally purposeless idea, but a damn fine one!".
Not to be confused with skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Remember that radical psychedelic publication from the sixties, once guest-edited by Germaine Greer? (one cover apparently featured a full-frontal nude of our favourite feminist - although it's not to be seen here, alas). Check out these amazing scans!
Places:
The Operating Theatre (operating or emergency room) is found in the roof space of an English Baroque Church. Hidden for almost a century in the garret of St Thomas's Church, Britain’s only surviving 19th Century Operating Theatre was rediscovered in 1956.
A wonderful and fascinating place.
The world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts and regalia.
...a picturesque 18th century village on the banks of the Beaulieu River, in the heart of the New Forest. Historically, it is famed as the place where some of the ships of Nelson's fleet were built...
Lovely place. I especially love its name (fnaar, fnaar)...
Our vision is to initiate and resource a network of local opportunities, mainly in private homes and gardens for prayer, silence, reflection and the appreciation of beauty...
Well, what else did you expect?:
Museum of Menstruation: a fascinating archive of menstrual curiosities.
Misc:
...living proof of something Dorothy L. Sayers is supposed to have said: 'Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force'... She refuses to list herself among the "great painters", and continues to do what she does "drawing", as she did when she drew on the floor as a child...
(Germaine Greer)
