Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
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When I was a kid, my dad did an A-level in photography for funsies. He used this beautiful Praktica LTL. At the time I had no idea what that even was. Fast forward 30 years and I'm the photographer and that Praktica has sat in my dad's...
9th March - 15th March I started reading Tomi Adeyemi's "Children of Blood and Bone" this week and I'm really enjoying it. I'll save a more detailed analysis for a proper review when I'm finished but, amongst other things, I'm really...
For as long as she can remember, James's connection with her twin has gone beyond intuition - she can feel what he feels. So when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that she's alone - truly...
A bout of bacterial tonsillitis recently necessitated a course of antibiotics. I had to take them 4 times a day at regular intervals. I did some maths and settled on 06:30, 11:30, 16:30, and 21:30. I have a terrible habit of ignoring...
Especially for those not familiar with the process of design, it can be tempting to see things like discovery and wireframing as obstacles to be cleared before you get to the fun part, designing the visual identity. Unfortunately, many...
2nd March - 8th March Happy International Women's Day to all women I sat down next to a woman who was reading on the train and pulled out my own Kindle. She glanced at it, said "snap!", and clinked hers against mine like wine glasses....
Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to...
23rd February - 1st March The dog is lying in a parallelogram of golden sunshine streaming through the patio doors across the tiled floor of the kitchen. Her eyes are closed and is still as death; only her gently heaving chest tells me...
Happy March! Here are a few photos from my phone from the last month with neither rhyme nor reason to the theme. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email: rss@thomasrigby.com.
Last year, Robert Birming called for us all to share "The text that appealed to you most during the month, for whatever reason." and, thus, Fabruary was born. My pick for this year is Sophie Koonin's "Stop generating, start thinking"....
Manchester, UK. Late 1999; I don't recall the exact month but it was post-September because the Freshers had arrived. The Roadhouse was legendary for its low ceiling dripping sweat, loud speakers, and knee-high stage — a truly intimate...
When the chief suspect in the disappearance of Áróra's sister is found dead, and Áróra's new financial investigation leads to the street where her sister was last seen, she is drawn into a shocking case that threatens everything This is...
16th February - 22nd February 04:00 — woke with a terrible thirst, mind racing with fever dreams. "unplug your phone, cable may be warm" warns my phone. the cable is cold, the water is tepid, the night is long I may be at my most poetic...
I can be a bit of a curmudgeon and focus on the negatives when I feel the pressure. I know it's not good for me to get into that negativity spiral so reflecting like this is important. So, without further ado, here are some things I have...
Area 11 is fronted by "Diggy Hole II" vocalist, Thomas "Sparkles*" Clarke who sounds so much like Frank Turner I had to check he wasn't. Inspired by anime and J-Rock, this Nottingham hard rock band throw out high octane pop-y inoffensive...