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MJCarty snapshots May 2024
Flowers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and coinage. A few personal highlights from May 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Against prejudice
We can never take equality for granted. Any progress towards equality is always at risk of being reversed. We must be vigilant against prejudice, always.
Star Wars sketches: May the fourth be with you
Star Wars sketches: To mark the occasion of Star Wars day (ie May the fourth) 2024, here is a selection of my Star Wars doodles from the past few years.
MJCarty snapshots April 2024
Of petals, buzzards and toads! A few personal highlights from April 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Moment of crisis, moment of truth
Moments of crisis show you the world as it is, and offer you the opportunity to change.
MJCarty snapshots March 2024
A disco ball, a green cactus and a green-clad MJCarty! A few personal highlights from March 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
How to make purposeful change
You are changing every moment of your life, whether you like it or not. But purposeful change is different. You can choose to change something – or everything – in your life.
Jeremy Beadle, the unlikely Grateful Dead festival promoter
Unlikely but true: 1980s UK TV type Jeremy Beadle helped organise and promote the 1972 Bickershaw festival, featuring the Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Donovan and more.
MJCarty snapshots February 2024
Queens’ heads, wolf moons and hints of spring. A few personal highlights from February 2024, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
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