While procrastination is not usually something to be celebrated, it is kind of a guilty pleasure that has been embraced by nearly everyone at some point. The Guardian’s readers recommend playlist for this week is ‘songs about procrastination’. Ironically (or … Continue reading
A Negative Narrative is a website which has created a new way of interviewing artists and bands. Instead of just the usual question and answer format that can be read in almost any music magazine, the creators of A Negative … Continue reading
Runner Dai Greene, a Commonwealth Champion, finally has his hands on some tickets to London 2012 through a random act of kindness from fan Matt de Monte. Despite being an athlete and a favourite for a British gold medal, Greene … Continue reading
Mike Stilkey, an American LA-based artist, uses old books as canvases for his art work, creating unique contemporary paintings, sculptures and installations of whimsical fairytale-like characters. He uses a mix of ink, coloured pencil, paint and lacquer to bring his … Continue reading
An art action group called The Blue Trees, campaigning against deforestation, is a group that travels around the world raising awareness about the cause by painting local trees blue. Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos is the founder of Blue Trees and … Continue reading
Found a link to a page called “the 25 happiest animals in the world” on someone’s Facebook page and I can safely say that it has made my day. The best thing about this web page is the captions underneath … Continue reading
Despite setbacks, including the BBC threatening to close the station down two years ago, BBC 6 Music is still here today, stronger than ever on their tenth birthday. Next Friday, to celebrate this feat and the success of the last … Continue reading
Today is International Women’s Day which means that across the world events are held to celebrate and inspire women. IWD began in 1917 in the Soviet Union to acknowledge women’s contribution to society and politics. On this date, Russian … Continue reading
My sister bought me tickets for my birthday to see Laura Marling in Leeds last night. This is a bit of a feat considering she normally sells out really fast; I have tried to get tickets to see her many … Continue reading
Have just been informed of this via the Twitter trending list and can’t think of a better reason to be cheerful right now. I intend to take this opportunity and make my own pie for dinner tomorrow. Followed by pie … Continue reading
Reasons to be cheerful 