The Edinburgh Fringe early bird deadline has passed and I have not put in a show application or even made any provisional enquiries. For those not in the know, the…
Author: Alex Love
More about hops
I missed an entry last week, mainly because I forgot. It’s commitment like that that gets me all the traffic here. So much traffic. I may as well talk about…
The two-year mark
This week marked two years since I arrived back from New Zealand. I had been travelling for more than 30 hours, then passed through through an eerily quiet Paddington Station…
Hop to it
A few months ago, I moved my hops from the unexpectedly shady veg patch to the border at the front of the house. They say that the first year for…
To fringe or not to fringe?
A friend posted a picture of the proof for her Edinburgh show this week and it got me thinking about it. Do I want to go there? If I do,…
Unmasked
For the first time in almost two years, I ventured out of the house without my trusty face mask. Actually, this is not strictly true. I don’t take it on…
14 years a hack
This week marks my 14 years of experience as a journalist. It wasn’t an intentional career path. I just applied for a reporter job at a local paper, got an…
In an ideas world
I was chatting to my old comedy partner, aged 46, about what the future holds. He has no direct information on the future, despite what he may claim. He turned…
The Book of occasionally Boba Fett
This week, I finished watching The Book of Boba Fett. I enjoyed it, even if it was a strange show that was several different things at the same time and…
More last of the freelance (for now)
It turns out that I wasn’t entirely done with the freelance work. I’ve been working on a few couple of articles this weekend, mainly to help out a friend who…