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The fifth in a series of 10-minute videos about the adventures and frustrations of an ordinary (but rather hirsute) General Practitioner. In this one, Dr Hairy is advised to try a bit of straight talking with one of his patients – with hilarious results! The first of three parts. To view it on my site, go to http://www.edwardpicot.com/drhairy/franktalking1.mov ; or you can see it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifwCH31cRCw ; or it should be on DVblog (http://dvblog.org) in th

The Moneyless Man by Mark Boyle It’s a familiar tale; hugely successful businessman becomes disillusioned with city life and jacks it all in to live a more simple, self-sufficient life (usually in a very big house) in the country. But this story has a twist… One night, a conversation with friends led Mark Boyle to conclude that in fact; all the major problems in the world, such as sweatshops, environmental destruction, factory farms, animal testing and wars over resources were all, in thei

Featured in the 2010 Brighton & Hove Food And Drink Festival brochure and reproduced by kind permission of BrightonVisitor.com Given the relish with which successive chancellors usually punish drinkers, the prospect of an “emergency budget” set alarm bells ringing. I decided that this year I would smash the system by making my own alcohol… Although previous adventures in jam making had given me some experience in the preservation of Mother Nature’s bountiful soul, my experience of snuggling

It is both a curse and a blessing that I find it impossible to accept it when people say ‘No’ to me. No, you can’t do that without a director; No, you can’t do this without a £1000 budget; No, you can’t manage that without a record company; No, you can’t make the girls who spat at you at school sing along to the catchy tune you wrote… I see it as a challenge. When I did my first degree I often had to choose between food or travel (I chose Bristol Cream,