dark looks

We all know know that everything is labelled in line with the principle that, whatever it is, it is fatally dangerous when misapplied; and must therefore be warned of to within an inch of its (and my) life, lest I accidentally snort a litre of toilet cleaner or try to put out a housefire with [...]

[Read more →]

I need to share the love. Please all feel free to Cornify darklooks.com to your hearts’ content.

[Read more →]

So, having never really been one for film, I’m now starting to go all filmnuts. Specifically, I’ve realised I want to see this, this, this, this, this and this; and that tomorrow, all things being equal, I’m going to see this; and I guess also that I’m slightly dreading this. Oh, and over the last [...]

[Read more →]

Always nice to have a tercet to waft one off. Today’s is owed to the great Denise Riley, from “Wherever you are, be somewhere else” in her 1993 collection Mop Mop Georgette: Stop now. Hold it there. Balance. Be beautiful. Try. —And I can’t do this. I can’t talk like any of this. You hear [...]

[Read more →]

In response to quite literally millions of requests*, two small changes to darklooks. First off, all the photography is now my own, including the Holkham skyline, some books from the library, a sunset in Richmond and some mountains in New Hampshire; and, second, users need no longer log in to comment on posts. Of course [...]

[Read more →]

I realise I’ve not clarified what goes where in my ever-increasing (but still rarely updated) blog empire. So, personal / cultural / whimsical stuff goes here on darklooks. I reserve the right to be unsafe for the workplace (although by and large I’m a fairly worksafe person). Technical / geeky stuff goes on the Other [...]

[Read more →]

I have debearded. Despite my own warnings to myself, I grew significant facial hair and as a result have spent a week in Croatia wishing I had a beard removal device of some sort. I am now sporting a sensible amount of stubble and feeling much better about life. And looking younger and slimmer and [...]

[Read more →]

Today has been food and strategy. I present to you the perfectly-formed pearls of wisdom which leaked from my brain into the outside world along with one more from someone else which I thoroughly enjoyed. 1) “We’ll still be discussing how many angels will fit on the head of a pin while they’re off buying [...]

[Read more →]

Look closely…

[Read more →]

Actually I’m not quite sure I need to put a post beneath that title. You’re all probably too busy to read it as well. And in all honesty I must confess the money went to Ikea for stuff I probably didn’t really need as much as I thought I did.

[Read more →]