Phil Betts (dot com) Art & thought
The BenRiach 16
“The BenRiach 16 Year Old is an old cottage in the German wilderness – a page out of a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Predominantly sweet with honey and ripe fruit, there’s a dark undercurrent, rich and...
Thirsty Thursdays – The Three Tuns, Aldgate
A review of The Three Tuns in Aldgate, a Roman wall-featuring, rooftop garden’d pub. Plus: the 3 Sods Brewery – Session IPA (from local Bethnal Green brewery), and the Tribute – Cornish Pale Ale.
W_nderings – 8 August, 2016
Things that have caught my fancy on the world wide web: Artist creates incredibly tiny floating worlds | Dark Patterns are designed to trick you | Is it just me, or is the world going crazy? | The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies | Real underground kingdom that has existed for millions of years went unnoticed, until recently | Why passports come in 4 standard colours…
2016 Spirit of Rome – Scotch Whisky Festival – Part III (Littlemill 21 Year Old)
“It’s bittersweet then that the Littlemill 21 Year Old is like a spending a bright sunny afternoon on a café perch, there’s a florist next door, and probably a harpsichordist, and life is good,...
W_nderings – 31 July, 2016
Things wot caught my fancy. The UX Secret That Will Ruin Apps For You by Mark Wilson, Fastcodesign [1000 words] – Details how lots of sites can process certain functions in a split second...
2016 Spirit of Rome – Scotch Whisky Festival – Part II (Benrinnes 14 Year Old)
“Sticking with a theme, the 2nd Spirit of Scotland – Rome Whisky Festival (Benrinnes 14 Year Old) is an old Chinese fishing village, and maybe your lao lao was born there, and she’s wondering...
2016 Spirit of Rome – Scotch Whisky Festival – Part 1 (Glen Keith 20 Year Old)
“The 5th Spirit of Scotland – Rome Whisky Festival (Glen Keith 20 Year Old) has the rustic charm of a little villa in the countryside, and maybe a nonna lives there, and she’s wondering...
W_nderings – 15 May, 2016
Interesting, thought-provoking bits and bobs. A slight indictment on society in this one, a little dystopian, sprinkled with a few moments of levity. The UK Gold by Thom Yorke & Robert Del Naja, Soundcloud [streaming soundtrack]...
Fire
A couple of old, low res vids of me firespinning back in the day. I was somewhat conspicuous as a ninja.
Flotsam & Jetsam
Watercolour Whisky
Filmspotting
