• April 23rd is William Shakespeare’s Birthday. To celebrate the Bard’s day (which is also St George’s Day, the National Day of England) Here is a tutorial showing you how to draw the man himself. It is based on an engraving by Martin Droeshout in the first folio – 1632.

     

  • How to speak in a Scottish Accent – just some thoughts on the Scottish accent as I’m editing my book, Craig M’nure, Kindle. I’m reading it out aloud in Craig’s weird Scottish accent. He isn’t actually Scottish, he lives in the middle of the Atlantic on his own island, andis mostly influenced by sattelite TV and YouTube (he has the fastest internet connection in the world. His accent is a bit like my worst immpression of a scottish accent, which is a blend of Glasgow, Morningside and Orkney. That’s probably because Craig is my alter ego!

  • In the heart of the city of London is the old Nat West Tower. It used to be the tallest building in Town. But all around it new buildings go up and across the river, the new Shard building laughs at it’s puniness – even with the bit extra built on top! But what we really want to see is the Gherkin, designed by Norman Foster, also known as 30 St Mary Axe, it is built on the site of the old Baltic Exchange, which was blown up by the IRA in the 1980s.