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Category - Observations

vintage postcard Oasis Leisure Centre Swindon
  • Observations

Farewell to Swindon’s Oasis Leisure Centre

January 26
by Tom Spooner
8 min read

Many people regard Swindon as a desert – culturally, concretely, completely. They see it as the kind of place where nothing of note has ever or will ever happen. Growing up in Swindon, I know that this is simply not true...

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nick soucek diy zine
  • Architecture
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Small Press, Independent & DIY Comic Publishers

August 27
by Tom Spooner
6 min read

I’ve rounded up some of my favourite artists, zine makers and independent publishers. I’ve included some pictures of these self-published and small press zines and comics as well as links on where to buy them or find...

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Victory point Pomery book review
  • Architecture
  • Art
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What’s the point in victory? Questions of success in Owen D. Pomery’s Victory Point

August 19
by Tom Spooner
7 min read

Warning: contains spoilers.  At what juncture in life do we consider ourselves victorious? Do we need to change the world? Build a legacy? Find happiness? And how long is this victory supposed to last? Is it simply enough to...

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broadmead baptist church brutalist exterior
  • Brutalism
  • Observations
  • Photography

Broadmead Baptist Church – Exploring a Brutalist Gem

April 19
by Tom Spooner
5 min read

There is much to inspire awe within Ronald Hubert Sim’s Broadmead Baptist Church. Worshipers and architecture fans can find rapture in these bold, considered spaces. The entrance though is an anonymous, gloomy space that...

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farewell to walking boots
  • Creative Writing
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  • Observations

Farewell to Love

April 24
by Tom Spooner
6 min read

I sit out of sight, staring across at you and thinking back over all the times we shared together. Offering paper prayers to the dead on the Tibetan Plateau, getting dirty in the Cambodian jungle, scaling Scafell, descending...

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best brutalism in bristol
  • Brutalism
  • Observations

Bristol Brutalism – the best brutalist architecture in the city

April 1
by Tom Spooner
10 min read

Bristol is a city renowned for many things – its left-leaning alternative culture, vibrant music scene, street art, and the omnipresent fug of high-grade skunk. Architecturally though it draws a bit of a blank. Other than...

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field of grass hayfever symptoms
  • Journal
  • Observations

Hay Fever – what it’s like to suffer?

July 21
by Tom Spooner
4 min read

Hay fever. Fuck hay fever. Fuck hay fever like it’s fucked me. In the eyes, the nose, and the throat. My eyes are red, like a cartoon junky; like a bong-smoking night creature thrust out into morning; like the protagonist...

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moose skeleton laura morgans
  • Art
  • Creative Writing

Inktober – Week Four

November 5
by Tom Spooner
20 min read

Week Four and the final instalment of Inktober 2017. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. To catch up on previous weeks follow the links – One, Two, and...

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  • Art
  • Creative Writing

Inktober – Week Three

October 30
by Tom Spooner
17 min read

Week Three. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October. Week One and Week Two Day 15 Black Eyes, Burnt Thumbs With black eyes, burnt thumbs and rouge on her cheeks of an...

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  • Art
  • Creative Writing

Inktober – Week Two

October 16
by Tom Spooner
12 min read

Week Two. One ink drawing by Laura Morgans, one piece of writing by Tom Spooner, every day in October.   Day 8 Voiceless There was nothing left of his voice. It had deserted him along with most of the other things that he...

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