Has my life really been so boring that I’ve had nothing to write about for ten days? I’ve been pretty busy, but I haven’t done much worth writing about – just your average day to day life. And I haven’t had any opportunities to get good photos, which I think always brighten up an otherwise ...

Last night, as I was walking home from cell group, James (another James, not myself) drove past and asked if I wanted to go to the Tin Angel. Always a fan of metallic heavenly beings, I accepted the offer and was soon walking into a tiny smoke filled bar, silenty filled with people listening to ...

I’ve just been out to see a fireworks display in Bedworth, which was very good. Just after I’d left the house I remembered my digital camera has a fireworks display mode, so I went back to get it so I could try out this mode. I’m glad I did, because I was able to get ...

Here’s another painting, this time inspired by the piles of rubbish on the ground by Mombasa Road, across which I used to walk to get to the BP cafe for lunch. (I walked across the ground, not the rubbish. There wasn’t that much!)

I have no opportunity to vote either way in the Conservative’s vote of confidence in their leader, since I am not a Conservative MP. If I was given a vote it would be a difficult choice though. Would I vote to keep Iain Duncan Smith and doom the Tories to failure, or would I vote ...

This is a painting I did earlier this week, which is based on Langata Road in Nairobi, Kenya. It doesn’t look very good in the photo, because there’s too much light reflecting on it and the colours at far brighter than in reality – it’s actually a lot browner than that. Anyway, it’s inspired by ...

While I was driving to Leicester yesterday to see my parents, I saw this van on the road in front of me. It looked so like a matatu, right down to the dents in the back, that I just had to photograph it. While I was at home I saw this nice sunset, and managed ...