Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Walking home in the spring evening sunshine with U

Lunch with Jonathan H

Eating first strawberries of the spring

My mission

To help people see how wonderful the world is

Wednesday's Happiness Experiment entry

The trapeze woman rising and falling in the snow at Bianco, the circus show at The Roundhouse with Meabh, Rob and Noah

Rum'n'raisin from Marine Ices

Reading The Sun Also Rises on the terrace out back of Horseferry

Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Chatting on the terrace out back of Horseferry with Katie Boyd (working on HealthFreaks)

Finishing the day's work in the back garden in the Spring sunshine

Attending the launch of Nesta's Creative Industries report and chatting with that circle of colleagues from Anthony L to David Puttnam to Richard from BFI

Saturday's Happiness Experiment entry

Breaking out The Rug for the first time this year for a snooze in the sun

Extended jog past lower part of the cemetery

Dropping the Enfants Terribles at various North London places

Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Green fallafel at Palestinian restaurant on Golborne Road with the Enfants Terribles

Meabh's birthday with Ciara, Kelsey and Rob at Trellick

Reading Mr Standfast in the garden on The Rug

Dexys - Soar 3

Soar show
Duke of Yorks, St Martins Lane
with Peter Curran

All of Soar
Youre Incapable of Love ***
John Joe **

1 don't stand me down
2 Geno (mex)
3 I Love You
4 (?Until I Believe In My Soul - Trombone)
5 Light Turns Green *
6 Fire

7 So Secure/bad habit
8 Tell Me What She's Like

1st Empire Shepherds Bush 2012
2nd Corn Exchange Cambridge 11/9/12
3rd this 15/4/13

Madeleine Hyland
No Mick Talbot
Dave Rough? - drums
Big Jim
Lucy Fiddle

1. Now 

 2. Lost 

 3. Me 

 4. She Got a Wiggle 

 5. You 

 6. I'm Thinking Of You 

 7. I'm Always Going To Love You 

 8. Incapable Of Love 

 9. Nowhere Is Home 

 10. Free 

 11. It's OK John Joe 

 12. Free (reprise) 


 13. The Waltz 

 14. Geno 

 15. I Love You (Listen To This) 

 16. Until I Believe In My Soul 

 17. 'Burning' skit part 1 

 18. Tell Me When My Light Turns Green 

 19. 'Burning' skit part 2 

 20. Until I Believe In My Soul (reprise) 


 Encore:
 21. Liars A To E 

 22. This Is What She's Like

Property Scandal scandal - Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Drowning sorrows with George, Kirsty, Rebecca, Guy 9/11 and Charlotte including Carlton Tequila

The Great British Property Scandal talk at MIP TV well received with spontaneous applause after video

Seafoodfest at lunchtime with the The Great British Property Scandal crew

Cannes Do - Today's Happiness Experiment entry

Reading Waugh's Decline and Fall on the beach at Cannes in the Spring sunshine

Slow dinner by the sea in Juan Les Pins, with the spirit of Nat and Dora Gee

Night walk along the beach at Juan and round the jardin public

Today's Happiness Experiment entry

Chris Ashton's try in Sarries victory over Ulster at Twickenham

A warm reunion hug from Paul Gilpin on the streets of Twickenham

Taking N to Gaelic in Montrose Park in the first sun of Spring

Today's Happiness Experiment entry

Watching Killing Them Softly with the Enfants Terribles - the car killing beautifully shot

The view from our room - Mariners Quay - the last of the sun on the cliff

Joining in Mastermind

Looking at the View

Tate Britian
28/3/13

Philip Wilson Steer - The Bridge (1887/8)
Cf Munch - fence and water and figures
Scandinavian/Norh Sea palette

John Nash - The Cornfield 1918
Vertiginous
Abstraction of landscape

John Brett 1831-1902
The British Channel seen from the Dorsetshire cliffs 1871
Amamzingly fresh and modern looking
Luminous pointillism
Cf his Florence from Bellosguardo - Preraphaelite luminescence, Holman Hunt

Tristam Hillier 1905-83
La Route des Alpes 1937
Neue Sachlichkeit + De Chirico
Bold use of red (pylon)

Paul Graham
Roundabout, Anderstown, Belfast 1984
Photo
Full of telling detail in all planes

Union Jack flag in tree, Co. Tyrone
Powerful use of colour and composition (centred on tiny flag)

Richard Long
The Crossing Place of Road and River...
1977
Fabulous minimalism

Graham Sutherland
Welsh Landscape with roads 1936
Cf miro, ernst, chirico

Patrick Caulfield
After Lunch 75
Brilliant use of photographic for impact

Henry Lamb
Lytton Strachey 14
Brown palette
Languid pose

Julian Opie
Radio Wind Tyres 2000
Cf Caulfield

Sinead's Blessings - Today's Happiness Experiment entry

Sinead O'Connor, in the absence of a sample and drumbeat, being forced to sing VIP acapella at the Barby

Getting recognition for transforming Quotables into a primetime series

Giving my annual talk out at the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield

Sinead O'Connor - Barbican 27/3/13

1 Queen of Denmark
2 Pink Dress
3 Emperor's New Clothes
4 Junkie monkey
5 JackieO
6. Jesus - batteries - hallowed ground
7 Mother (of three)
8 Stretched on this grave
9 Nothing Compares 2U
10 Universe inside of me
11 Thank You
12 My Love acapella trio
13 Fire in Babylon *
14 The Last Day of our acquaintance
***
15 VIP acapella out of necessity **
16 Vineyard
17 Glory of Jah
18 Word of Jah (her favourite song)

Barbican Irish Festival
Cambridge Corn Exchange
The Forum, Kentish Town
Empire Shepherds Bush sly and robbie
St James's Church Hackney
Pigalle Club
Barbican this evening

Father & Son - Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Going into battle for N against The System (PPS)

A philosophical lunch with N

Listening to Julie Burchill chosing Hatikvah on Desert Island Discs

Creative Accounting #455 - Hitch

The Lady Vanishes + 1938 X Miss Froy's tune / Margaret Lockwood + Michael Redgrave = The 39 Steps  + 1935 X Mr Memory's act / Madeleine Carroll + Robert Donat

Creative Accounting #454

The Lady Vanishes X Hitchcock / 1938 = Uncommon Danger X Ambler / 1937

Modern Times - Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Laughing with D Charlie Wilf at Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times at the Festival Hall accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Carl Davis

A bottle of Zeppelin wine acquired during a meeting at Mint about bringing a physical aspect to a multiplatform TV series

Seeing the Broadcast article based on the round table about multiplatform and being singled out by quote and Tshirt

The Big Fella - Yesterday's Happiness Experiment entry

Doing family tree stuff and chatting with Chloe Moss

D's laugh - watching a crap comedy

N getting an A* for his Michael Collins story

Creative Accounting #453

Gotye = Peter Gabriel + 0