Words Dept.: archive

I’m becoming moderately obsessed by vintage Penguin paperbacks, mainly for the covers. Like these:

Penguin Crime – a set on Flickr
Penguin Books – a set on Flickr
Penguin & Pelican Collection – a set on Flickr

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For all BBC middle managers thinking of moving up north, of which there really aren’t that many, please be aware of these facts, all verifiable on Wikipedia:

The last known “art gallery” closed in 1987
The crime rate rose by 900% last year, driven by a shocking trade in aggravated pigeon theft
Jack Duckworth reads the ITV regional [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web.

Journalism.co.uk: Trinity Mirror confirms proposed closure of Midlands weeklies
Playing the game (real adventures in journalism) – Anonymous blog about newpaper journalism

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The concept of It Felt Like A Kiss isn’t especially easy to pin down in words. Which in my book is no bad thing. The production, developed by documentary film maker Adam Curtis, Felix Barrett and installation theatre company Punchdrunk, premieres at the Manchester International Festival tonight. It straddles the line between video documentary, theatre and art installation [...]