Ben Popplestone

Other than walking in the mountains, for me, there is nothing that stirs the soul more than live music. Not particularly genre specific – I have a large and eclectic music collection – but I have to admit, blues and jazz really gets the juices flowing!
Summer’s always great for live music – you have all the festivals, the proms, the concerts in Hyde Park. Here’s what my summer looks like musically: (more…)

I love hearing about new technology developments and I’m generally a sociable guy so enjoy meeting fellow digital and web enthusiasts, but I’ve never been one that has to be at all the happening events going on. I decided to miss Media140 a couple of weeks ago as it seemed at the time to be aimed more at journalists, however the live tweeting was pretty extensive and I managed to follow some of that. That said, there are a couple of events within a week of each other that I’m planning to go to in the next few days. (more…)

Several of us Twitterers in the Ealing area are holding a whisky tweetup. If you fancy sampling and imbibing a variety of single malts from across the Scottish regions, comment to this post with your twitter username and the bottle (single malt please) you’re bringing so we get a nice selection. One other thing – you need to bring a poem … of your choice … poems and whisky go together. (more…)