There once was a spoon in Swansea (this isn't a poem though, so the rest wont rhyme) It said 'Property of Ramsey Street' on t...
New Oil on Canvas
An impressionistic memory of an invented seascape. Oil, Gesso and Spray Paint on canvas. Finished with dark grey painted sides. Signed on th...
What happened to Hamfatter.
Eoin O'Mahoney and the band Hamfatter first came to the countries widespread recognition after an appearance on the TV show Dragons ...
Oil on canvas.
Breachland Bay. An impressionistic memory of an invented seascape. Oil, Gesso and Spray Paint on canvas. Finished with dark grey painted s...
Sometimes, I like not camping.
It's lovely and sunny this morning, which is putting me in the mood for a bit of camping. I love camping you see. I really appr...
I like the sea.
I like the sea. I like how mean and moody it can look, and then moments later, it can look completely still and utterly serene. I look ...
Always 32
Always 32. Giclee print on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper. Limited edition of 10 50 × 50 cm (unframed) / 40.8 × 30.6 cm (actual i...
Dinner with Squirrel Girl.
I heard a knock on my window yesterday. I opened the curtains and found a little squirrel looking straight at me. As she looked quite...
Trees a crowd.
During the 1999 eviction of the Crystal Palace protest site, I found myself up a tree, in a fairly tiny treehouse. There were three of us...
Only once a pirate.
Sometimes, I get the urge to dress as a pirate. I'd love an excuse to do it, and despite having a small boat, I never do. I'd li...
Never meet your heroes.
I used to quite fancy this actress off the telly. I wont name her, but she completely made my Saturday nights for years. Eventually, I mo...
Toilet Humour
I heard a noise in the garden yesterday, so I went to investigate. Three strange lads were urinating loudly against my bedroom wall. I as...
Waiting for zombies.
I'm actually all ready for the Zombie apocalypse. I've got stacks of bottled water, tins of beans and loads and loads of noodles....
Take care of the keys.
I've always been quite a careful person. I've (so far) never lost a wallet, and keys have been especially looked after. Without t...
When Di died.
I woke up warm. It was a beautiful morning and I'd been sleeping on the roof of a house in Brighton. I often found myself on rooftops,...
Sweet dreams.
It's fair to say that cake and sweet things in general are very close to my heart. If it's sweet, great. If it's sweet and st...
Paralympic Games London 2012
That's very much to Sainsbury's and the Waterloo Novatel for sending us at random-things.co.uk a fat envelope of rail tickets, a...
Diesel power.
After Sir Jimmy Savile died in October 2011, it was decided that many of his personal possessions would be auctioned off for charity. T...
All the crotal bells.
I got up early today. The whole house did in fact, as I'd set my alarm for stupid o'clock in the morning. After a while, a ginger...
There once was a slug....(part 1)
I'm not a big fan of slugs, in fact I utterly despise them. In 1992 I went 'wild camping' with some friends in Clyne Valle...
Some very mini, tiny cars.
I'm not a car nerd, I don't really care for the fancy fast ones, or the noisy ones with big exhaust pipes. Well, maybe a little. P...
Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare (in my shed)
Practically everyone will already know Sarah Beeny from such TV programmes as Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare and Property Ladder. Wha...
Never eat yellow snow.
I found this random thing in a posh part of Bristol and for many years I kept it in my wallet. It appears to be a lady having a lovely wee...
Ten random things.
Since 2007, an annual competition to celebrate sheds and shed building has taken place all over the UK. Andy was one of the entrants in ...
Ai Weiwei's seeds.
For two and a half years, 1600 Chinese artisans took on the task of hand making one hundred million porcelain sunflower seeds. These see...
A mixed box of old things.
Helen Birmingham very kindly send me a mixed box of random things. Amongst the items inside the vintage tea sample box were a fossilised ...
Things from under the floor.
In our dining room, there was a small hole in the floorboards. I had to lift the boards one day, and in the dust beneath the hole were th...
A giraffe in Scarborough.
Whilst out looking for an old WW2 pillbox near Scarborough today, I spotted in the distance, what looked surprisingly like a random giraff...
Random Cappuccino.
This wonderful creation was expertly crafted by Angie, using a real cup of cappuccino and a hand made stencil. For $5, I reckon it was a ...
A stiff little hammer (or a very dead bird).
I found a dead Yellowhammer by the side of a road yesterday. I picked it up and put it in my pocket, as my girlfriend and my daughter squ...
Concrete boxes.
by Phlegm One of the things that I really quite like are concrete constructions. They're usually too big to take home, but they d...
A rare white poo.
When I was growing up, white dog poo was a common sight. Nowadays it's as rare as rocking horse poo (almost). There are many theori...
Hospital fashion (or stupid sponge slippers).
The other night, I ended up having a ride to hospital in the back of an ambulance. It was a pretty busy few hours, with drugs going in,...
A diver like me.
I found this little man on a beach near Swansea. A little diver that dived out of the sea and onto the sand. He actually looks how I fe...
Compliments cost nothing...
I once gave someone a compliment. She stuffed it in this bag and gave it me back. I never bothered again. We split up soon after. I&#...
Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May.
Mayday, Mayday Hooray, hooray, it's the First of May. Outdoor sex begins today. What shall we do if it starts to rain? Go inside a...
My slider from Sheffield.
When I was nine years old we used to 'play on the railings' in our break times at Gleadless middle school in Sheffield. These thi...
Braille Radio Times (or dot to dot).
The Braille method of reading for people with a visual impairment, was designed by a Frenchman called Louis Braille in 1825. This system o...
Under wraps - paper and ribbon.
I get lots of random things delivered and I love not knowing what's in a package before I open it. Sometimes, the packaging is so spe...
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