My alarm goes off at 6.00 am… well actually my wife’s alarm goes off, I don’t have an alarm. Libby gets up to do all sorts of secret stuff for and with the kids, I roll over. At seven I awake again, mostly because a six year boy is slapping me about the face. I … Continue reading A DAY IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD BAKER, INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE GURU
So okay, in my other capacity as occasional furniture designer in a world where very little that is original is allowed enough oxygen to catch fire, I give you the Session. It’s a chair and by extension a sofa. I can’t pretend that chairs are original, they are everywhere, and the more successful ones tend … Continue reading A HEAVY SESSION
Okay yes it is true, I have been away. I could pretend that it was only a matter of days, just casually pick up where I left off but that would seem disingenuous, a bit like the guilty emails I send to my mother that read as a seamless spontaneous outpouring but actually take three … Continue reading SUGS AND THE BIRTH OF A NOTION
Buy a poppy, don’t think about it just buy one. Ignore the politicians, it’s not political, ignore the celebrities, it’s not celebratory, don’t buy one just to be seen wearing it, it’s not an accessory. Buy a poppy because our servicemen and women, ex and on duty, need our help and a small demonstration of … Continue reading A BRUISED PEACH HIS HEART THE STONE
We are not born to die. Death is not the point of our existence, life is. We do not get one day closer to death with each day we live. Regardless of our interventions, death comes for us when it is ready, when it is time. Death is not a choice, we can’t bring the … Continue reading THE HEAVEN OF MEMORY
The leader who said he didn’t want to leave but said he wanted to lead even if we wanted to leave because he expected to win, lost, and then left, and the man who didn’t want to leave, but said he did because he wanted to lead, won, but felt like he had lost because … Continue reading THE GORDIAN KNOT
Celebrity clips toe nails. Woman loses phone signal. Man doesn’t see point of twitter. Space ship reaches Pluto. Am I alone in thinking that the media and the public may have lost their collective sense of wonder? I mean we have recently witnessed quite possibly the most remarkable feat of technology and engineering for a … Continue reading HEY PLUTO
THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN 