About aesop  

I set up my Flickr account is to supplement my blog and website.

I'm an artist. I'm also (as of Autumn 2004), a PhD candidate at the University of the West of England, looking at Book Art, its place in artists' practice, and those artistic tendencies' transferability to other media. I do other things too, which I will touch on below:

The late, great Willie Rushton, who was a far from uninteresting character, used to list his hobbies as "gaining weight, losing weight, and parking."

However, although I've experienced the joys of gaining and losing weight just As Mr Rushton has, unlike him I haven't got numerous publications and a co-founder of Private Eye credit under my belt, so I'll have to do a little better.

As you'll see from the above, and in my blog and my website, I'm interested in art, and spend a good deal of my time making book arts. This enfolds many of my other interests, from the visual arts to narrative. I'm also interested in digital artworks, even though I'm so fond of the role of the author in works of art.

I'm interested in music, and used to spend a good chunk of my income buying nerdy imports from my local Americana record store. (Now sadly defunct). I've weaned myself away and now spend the money on yummy cheese, bread and olives and the occasional bottle of wine.

Although a fatal admission in one who is about to present you with his daily pictures and musings, I'm also a fan of stylish writing: recent amusements and flashes of envy have been directed towards works and diaries by Kenneth Tynan, Robertson Davies and Kingsley Amis. I like writing that makes me feel like I've had a good feed. I'm also keen on humourous writing like the aforementioned Mr Rushton's, and have a soft spot for all his cronies like Peter Cook et al, and some contemporaries such as Vivian Stanshall.

I am a competent, if somewhat enthusiastic uncle, and apt to shiver with inward delight at the prospect of good (or even sufficient) wine and daft conversation.