Alastair Orchard

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  1. Back in America

    27th August 2004 | Comments (24)

    …the harsh lighting conditions. Here’s a few I’ve already played with: The family Italiano come to England My brother, his wife, and their son came over from Italy to see me for a couple of weeks. Lucas is about three and a quarter at the moment and is…

  2. When I was…

    3rd March 2004 | Comments (40)

    When I was two, I climbed into our swimming pool and, unsurprisingly, sank straight to the bottom. I sat there, leaking air, until my brother spotted the bubbles, dived in, and saved my life. When I was three, I passed the days sitting in our dog’s basket, eating his…

  3. Foster’s School

    2nd January 2004 | Comments (14)

    In 1991 the grammar school that my brother and I both attended was closed and knocked down amidst a reorganisation of secondary education in Sherborne. Foster’s School had…

  4. Playdo people

    29th December 2003 | Comments (9)

    My nephew, Lucas, made some playdo people last night while his mum and dad and I were at the cinema watching Lord of The Rings. I understand he had some help with ‘Grandma’ (and possibly with…

  5. Googley woogley

    27th November 2003 | Comments (16)

    My parents are good people. They’ve always looked after my brother and I, made sure we had the best of everything (or the worst, depending on which character trait they were building in us that week), and…

  6. Rex and the conker

    27th September 2003 | Comments (2)

    …time of year was Must. Get. Conkers. In typical childhood manner, this one thing ruled my life for a few short weeks. Each morning as my brother and I waited for our school bus to come, we would while away the time throwing sticks up into the branches of our Belgium…

  7. Happy birthday

    20th September 2003 | Comments (1)

    …philosophy, but rather make you wish the damn thing would hurry up and kick in with some big results. One of these events is your brother turning 30 (and, incidentally, having a house, car, wife and baby). Today is such a day. Happy birthday, Al. Damn you, you old…

  8. Je suis retourné

    20th August 2003 | Comments (2)

    …and Ben). We were there for the hottest night on record and boy was it uncomfortable. I have a better idea of what it’s like for my brother to live on the Italian coast now. The trip was great, but it wasn’t until the penultimate day that we had the most fun — a…