Author Archives: Leif Kendall
Once upon a time, I wanted to write a story that revolved around Genghis Khan. It was a crap idea, but I was young and didn’t know better. The trouble was that before I could write a word, I had to read loads of stuff about Genghis Khan. And by the time I was half [...]
Last night the Cartoon County group met in the Brighton’s Cricketers pub – and I went along to chat to other comics enthusiasts. As well as meeting the legendary David Lloyd, I got to chat to comics creators such as Joe Decie (check out his awesome web comic What I Drew), Karrie Fransman (creator [...]
So, you want to ride the Dunwich Dynamo? Good for you! Once you’ve booked your ticket home from Dunwich, there are a few things to consider… Food and drink Fantastic halfway-point refreshments are available at Great Waldingfield, but remember that you’ve got to cycle about 60 miles first. How much will you need to eat [...]
I recently attempted the South Downs Way Randonnee – a mountain bike ride organised by the British Heart Foundation. It went rather badly. In the hope that you might learn from my failure, here is how and why I failed to complete the ride. First failure I think my first mistake was to start late. [...]
I don’t really do resolutions. I’ve found that whenever my ambitions or intentions are pinned to some kind of temporary condition, such as the new year, they are more likely to fail. I think that, if you really want to achieve something, you shouldn’t need to wait until the start of a new year to [...]
I’m a beginner. It’s fun to be a beginner. You can screw up and nobody cares. You can ask a million ‘stupid’ questions and it’s fine, because you aren’t supposed to know the answer yet. I’m a beginner at road cycling. Last weekend I joined a cycling club for one of their weekly club rides. [...]
For some reason that I can’t remember I decided to give up caffeine. I’d been gently reducing my caffeine intake for a while, thinking that regular cups of coffee and tea might be causing my nocturnal fidgets. But then I stopped completely, and experienced nine days of constant headache. A buzzing, rumbling cancer of a [...]
I am a terrorist sympathiser. Now let me back-track: I’m not really a terrorist sympathiser, because I don’t think that terrorists should kill people. And actually all I have is sympathy for people who are so frequently oppressed, abused and silenced that they can only seek solace in terror. No people should kill people, whatever [...]
Here are my tips* for getting yourself to go to the gym (or whatever form of exercise you prefer). I’ve spent years struggling to do things – such as exercising or eating well or not smoking, so it was a revelation to discover that I could (occasionally) control myself! Anyway, here’s what worked for me: [...]
My Name is Asher Lev is a story about the battle between a deeply religious man and his artistic son. The boy’s art is seen as pointless and silly. The boy is faithful, but he can’t deny his talent. Time passes, and father and son grow slowly apart, with the mother caught between two people [...]
