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Thursday, August 19, 2010
POST OXFORD | Cambridge - Sean Tours Smashes Ye Olde Parte of Cambridge
Had a big wander and eventually found myself in Ye Olde Parte of Cambridge. Nice streets and all but to be honest not a patch on my new old stamping ground - Oxford.
POST OXFORD | Leeds - Good Show Old Chap
My meeting at Leeds Metropolitan University brought an unexpected bonus.
POST OXFORD | Cambridge - Sean Tours Smashes The Oinks
Funny to be in the 'other' town famous for its tertiary claims to fame. I'd insert a funny line here referencing 'The Young Ones' if only I could think of one.
POST OXFORD | London - The Next Big Thing
Wrapping up for now as some german dude is sweating bricks over my shoulder here at the Imperial College. Dude, chill!!
POST OXFORD | Cambridge - The Catch-Up
Spent the day in Cambridge dodging rain and catching up with Ash.
POST OXFORD | Leeds - Good Cop Vs Bad Cop
Didn't figure on spending a chunk of my Sunday shooting cross-bows and Gatlin guns at the Royal Amouries Museam!
POST OXFORD | London - Where Them Shoes Were Made for Walkin'
This will be the last trip I ever do without proper walking shoes.
POST OXFORD | London - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Name that quote | "I can't stand Aussies, can't stand the bastards. But every time I meet one, I can't help but bloody likin' 'em!"
ACTIVITIES | Natural History Museaum - Wow
If you tire easily of Ben Stiller's 'Night At The Museum', flick on the 'net and get an eyeful of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Natural History Museum - it rocks.
POST OXFORD | Cambridge - Rebooting An Aussie Classic
Y'know the last train outa Cambridge almost gone....
STREET TALK | Mail Is Hell
Survive a Friday afternoon in the Oxford Post Office and you'll earn yourself a purple heart.
ACTIVITIES | Nothing Trivial About This Mob
The Undercroft Bar saw some rare trade as 35 creative writers tried to outdo themselves and come up with some creative facts and figures.
CAMPUS LIFE | They Came, They Saw, They Milled
The JCR resembled the set of a TV show hosting the curtain call for the last episode of a much loved classic.
CAMPUS LIFE | The Long Goodbye
The main group assembled for drinks, then dinner, then adjourned to the bar.
POST OXFORD | London - Street Savvy Leaves Authorities Speechless (Part III)
Y'know I wrote this headline in my notebook about 3 days ago and even I'm wondering whether this has legs!
POST OXFORD | London - Street Savvy Leaves Authorities Speechless (Part II)
Y'know I wrote this headline in my notebook about 3 days ago and even I'm wondering whether this has legs.!
POST OXFORD | London - Street Savvy Leaves Authorities Speechless
Y'know I wrote this headline in my notebook about 3 days ago and even I'm wondering what the bloody hell I am on about!
CAMPUS LIFE - Anthology Hits Top Of the Book Charts
The Anthology has hit the book shelves - but for us it'll be straight to the pool room.
POST OXFORD | Leeds - It's A Shoe Bet
Odd's tighten on favourite for best-dressed man in UK following random compliments on footwear from the public.
POST OXFORD | London - Everything's A Tag Line
Everyone has a corporate catch-phrase to sell....even the street sweepers.
POST OXFORD | London - Grease Is The Word
The Imperial College, London is a great location but let me tell you about the breakfast.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
POST OXFORD | London - Sean Tours Update
An action packed week that has featured trains, close encounters with fast-talking ticket inspectors and being mistaken for a tour guide.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
CAMPUS LIFE | Inspector Morse Called Into Solve Sleeper Case
Only Inspector Morse could solve the mystery of this case.
BREAKING NEWS | 'The Tic Tac Men' Tic Tac Towards Heady Heights
Word just in that 'The Tic Tac Men' have scaled the dizzy heights of the upper-end of the scale in terms of a mark.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
STREET TALK | Australian Questioned Over Money Laundering
An Australian man was questioned last week at Exeter College, Oxford over his questionable efforts to launder money.
STREET TALK | Still A Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
They're still seeking him here and seeking him there, all the way from Regent Street to Leicester Square.
STREET TALK | Working Out The Details
Efficient, high standards of service just invites repeat business!
POST OXFORD | Leeds Theatre and ASH!
Great to get some emails this last few days that will see my schedule post-Oxford nicely filled up....sort of.
CAMPUS LIFE | Sit Back And Enjoy The Ride
With all assigned work pretty much complete, there's not much more to do other than enjoy the rest of the time remaining.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
CAMPUS LIFE | The Evening Club
With pub activity slowing down and submission activity ramping up, an informal evening of reading and proofreading has been topping the popularity charts.
CLASS | It's All About The Deadline
Pretty much everyone will be handing in a 2nd and final assignment today. Our anthology submission is also due.
POSTCARD | Bath - The Shakeaway
Meanwhile back at Pulteney Bridge, I ran into 3 of my mates on a mad mission for a hit of 'Shakeaways', the cool shop for milkshakes with the film noir attitood where you can order any 'George', 'Janet' or 'Chloe' and for your quid get drunk on orange with creamy stuff, meringue and to float your boat, all the cream topping you can legally handle.
POSTCARD | Bath - It All Came Out In The Wash
With all the points of the Bath compass covered, time to wrap this Sean Tour up.
POSTCARD | Bath - Getting The Hell Outa The Way!
With the big ticket items now ticked off, it was just a matter of survival.
POSTCARD | Bath - Getting More Cultcha!
Next stop was a bit of a walk but on the way to Royal Crescent I found the RedTag Art Gallery.
POSTCARD | Bath - How They Put It All Together
Rocketing at pace through the streets I chose the path less travelled so I didn't have to share it with the tourists.
POSTCARD | Bath - No Joy In The Holburne
Lucky that I asked a 2nd time about The Holburne Gallery/Museum. Turns out that its out of action until May 2011.
POSTCARD | Bath - Matthew Smith Meets Ned Kelly
The first stop on Sean Tours was the Victoria Gallery.
POSTCARD | Bath - A Funny Place to Get A Bath Experience
Saturday was another day of touring - this time to Bath.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
STREET TALK | Wedding Crashers
Last night, a few of our girls decided the wedding held in the college grounds needed some crashers to add an international flavour to proceedings.
ACTIVITIES | Where Fore Art Thou, My Nerdy Romeo?
On Thursday night, a large group of us took off for a bit of local cult-cha!!
STREET TALK | Meanwhile, Back At The Dance Club....
You may recall that our Egyptian friend doesn't have fond memories of the dance club. We returned Thursday night after our theatre experience and he again found that it wasn't quite his cup of tea.
Friday, August 6, 2010
CLASS | From Flowing Ink Did Come Words That Worked Their Butt Off
The exercises in the FICTION class are providing some useful tools into generating really authentic material.
CLASS | Deadlines Are Looming
It's end of week 2 and with the looming deadlines, I'm getting set for the final assault on having 2 submissions ready for Tuesday.
ACTIVITIES | Open Mic - Creepy, Ooky But Not Kooky
The 2nd open mic night was an experiment in seeing what the audience responds to.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
POSTCARD | Another One For The Boys
I found another shop that will make your eyes water and your tummy gurgle with anticipation.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
ACTIVITIES | Counting The Beat 2,3,4,5....
Who knew that in Merrye Ye Olde Englande, they were doing the time warp? And yes, they were gay - not that there's anything wrong with that.
STREET TALK | It's A Jungle Out There
Oxford may be full of university's and tourists but there's still room for the odd anecdote.
Monday, August 2, 2010
CLASS | Chasing The Muse For Lexington Crump
With the routine kicking in and the need for exploration of Oxford cafe's decreasing, I reckon this week might see me spending more time at the coal-face that is the desk in my room.
LECTURES | A Crash Course In Everything
I realised today that I haven't imparted any info about the lectures we have each day.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
POSTCARD | Eight Mile
Today was meant to be all about relaxing so why did I find myself ducking UK flora along the Thames for an hour outside of Abington?
POSTCARD | Hey, Abbott!!
Turns out Abington has plenty to offer the history buffs. Add this to the 'Gee, I didn't know that about Abington' list.
POSTCARD | Why So Shy, Abington?
I wasn't that bothered about doing anything or being in any group activities today so around 9am I left to get a bus somewhere. I didn't know where I was going but I figured that was the best part.
POSTCARD | Winchester - It's All Cathedrals and Legend, Baby (Part II)
After lunch at a dodgy Irish pub, it was back to the cathedral for some more extreme sport.
POSTCARD | Winchester - King Arthur Rools, Ok?
Who wouldn't want to see the birthplace of the King Arthur legend?
POSTCARD | Winchester - It's All Cathedrals and Legend, Baby (Part I)
Saturday was set aside in my diary for a day trip to Winchester to see if the sword really was stuck in a stone near a cathedral.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
POSTCARD | One For The Boys
Last Sunday I found a toy shop that would make your eyes pop with delight.
CLASS | One Out Of The Blue
An interesting piece found it's way out of my pen and onto the page today.
ACTIVITIES | Open Mic Off To A Flyer!
The 1st open mic night was held in Rectors Room and it drew a large crowd.
CAMPUS LIFE | Anthology Of Raw Talent
Today a proposal was floated among the students that we produce an anthology of all our work.
CLASS | ....And Ink Did Keep Flowing
Weddings, six chapters and just how did I come to know so much about women?
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
CAMPUS LIFE | Cafes, Computers and Food, Glorious Food
So far the typical day has been sticking to an easy routine.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
CLASS | Tim Pears (Fiction) - Bio
Fiction
Writing teaches writing. Exploring such elements of story telling as structure and plot, character, place, the importance of detail, voice, point of view and editing, this course will offer intensive writing workshops
Writing teaches writing. Exploring such elements of story telling as structure and plot, character, place, the importance of detail, voice, point of view and editing, this course will offer intensive writing workshops
CLASS | Dr John Ballam (Biography and Autobiography) - Bio
Biography and Autobiography
If there are things in your own experience, or that of your family, or there is someone you have known and always wanted to investigate,
If there are things in your own experience, or that of your family, or there is someone you have known and always wanted to investigate,
Monday, July 26, 2010
CLASS | It's An Excercise Stoopid
I was really looking forward to the first session and of course, even more so the one with Dr John Ballam.
STREET TALK | Hey, Good Looking
I already felt like I won the lottery. I arrived early and had immediate access to my room. The room was awesome. I dumped the bag and went out to relax.
CLASS | An International Mix (Part I)
The group is pretty ecletic and drawn from everywhere except New Zealand. There are some seriously intelligent and talented people here.
TRAVEL | Excuse Me, Where Do I get Off?
Patting myself on the back became habit forming in the hours after I cleared UK customs.
TRAVEL | Friendly Dudes Those Qatari's
Even the locals are impressed with their Thunderbird vehicles.
TRAVEL | Fighters Scrambling At Two-O-Clock
Flying at night is pretty boring and once I decided I couldn't sleep anymore, I tapped up the inflight map. It said we were just off the coast of India and had kissed the southern tip of Sri Lanka.
TRAVEL | You Are Now Approaching Doha
Even though the heat sucks, I have to admit that visually the approach into Doha was pretty good.
TRAVEL | Thunderbirds Are Go (In Doha)
Arrived in Doha about 6.50am into a stinking hot 38 degrees and exit from the plane to the terminal meant stepping down to the tarmac into courtesy buses that loooked like they were straight off the set of the Thunderbirds.
TRAVEL | Flight - Name That Roadtrip Anthem Competition
Every road trip needs a travel anthem. Hard when you don't have an iPod and easy when you have inflight audio jukebox.
If you can guess the name of the song I've adopted as an anthem, I'll shout you lunch.
If you can guess the name of the song I've adopted as an anthem, I'll shout you lunch.
TRAVEL | DOHAnuts....Is There Anything They Can't Do?
A recent survey taken at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport reveals that 0 in 3 Australians know where Doha is.
TRAVEL | London Calling....And Then An Ozzy Walked By
Taking a moment to pat myself on the back, I was savouring victory over UK customs with a coke at Heathrow.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
ARTS | 'A Kind of Destiny' Beckons International Playwright
On the eve of his impending travel to Oxford University, international Melbourne-based 
playwright Sean McIntyre announces the release of his new script for the stage: 'A Kind of Destiny'.
playwright Sean McIntyre announces the release of his new script for the stage: 'A Kind of Destiny'.
ARTS | ‘The Contract’ Is Out On International Playwright
Playwright Sean McIntyre announces the release of his new script for the stage: ‘The Contract’. Against the backdrop of its biggest ever project, McIntyre explores the implosion of a construction company through shifting alliances, fracturing friendships and the unrelenting pressure of boardroom politics.
ARTS | Wise Words Media Launches 'A Fistful of Scripts'
Writers rode into town with a fistful of scripts and went lookin’ for actors and directors. When they got together all hell broke loose. Now they’ve formed a posse. When they find The Audience - Anything could happen.
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