10 things I have learned: wise words from Milton Glaser.

Crafts gone bad: hilarious!

A whole website dedicated to The R Crumb Handbook -- with free CD!

100 Years of Illustration : blimey! will I ever get any work done...

Drawn! : Drawn! is a collaborative weblog for illustrators, artists, cartoonists, and anyone who likes to draw.

Is beer less fattening than wine?: "According to the BBPA, a glass of beer with a typical 4.6% alcoholic volume, has fewer calories not only than a similar measure of wine, but also milk or fruit juice." Well, we knew that all along, eh?

Crumb exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London from 1 April.

G2 in Crumbland: Simon Hattenstone interviews Robert Crumb.

Robert Crumb... and his world at the NFT: The Guardian Steve Bell interview with Robert Crumb on 18 March! How good a birthday treat would that have been! Ah well... Missed him the last time he was over -- with his jazz band at the ICA.

Public check out new library: the Argus take on the new library.

Biro Art-Doodles -- a virtuoso of the ball point!

Jonathan Glancey's appraisal of Brighton's new Jubilee Library. And (I say pedantically) it's North Laine NOT North Laines! Laine is a Saxon word meaning field, apparently!

B&H City Libraries, The Word Project: went to the first day of Brighton's new library yesterday, mainly to get my Raymond Briggs books signed by the man himself, and spot the gorgeous Louise Rennison (Lynne Truss was signing too). It's a wonderful space with lots of new CDs and DVDs to borrow (tho not so many books?), and magic desks instead of staff where you can check out your own microchip-embedded items (is this the end of the rubber stamp?), but my first impressions were: no cycle facilities (maybe they come later?) and there's only one narrow set of glass stairs to the high upper level (two flights). Not recommended for those with vertigo or agoraphobia...

Bumper Balls: the perfect accessory for your Chelsea Tractor! What is Illustration?: hmmm, an old chestnut this one... the article seems more like a 'realism versus conceptual art' debate. It really annoys me that the critics still slag off Victorian and Edwardian paintings...

BBC - h2g2 - 'Intro and Outro', a song by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: "Hi there. Nice to be with you. Happy you could stick around. Like to introduce..."

Cycled along a bit of the Cuckoo Trail last Sunday, through blizzards and sun. My debut run will be up and down it on 27 March.

Longmire does Romance Novels: with re-imagined titles!

Own It - Free advice on intellectual property, copyright, patents & licensing - : "a new service which offers free intellectual property advice for London’s creative people". Must investigate further...

Top painters have suited themselves: "Artists and designers have put their creative talents to use by customising suits to be auctioned for charity." How come I've never noticed this shop?

Bungaroosh -- great name, eh? It's what lurks beneath the render in many a Brighton house. The corner shop being renovated at the end of Gerard Street has proper brickwork at the front and bungaroosh (an early form of concrete) round the side, with the odd course of bricks here and there to hold the whle thing together.