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Images of William Blake, Mystic Poet and Painter

October 5, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

[Listen to my tribute song to William Blake] “To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven…

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Live Travel Stories at the Road Junky Film Festival

September 23, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Here I’m filmed talking about 14 years on the road and the long strange trip it’s been to get thoroughly lost on several continents before ever finding the way back home.

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Stuff I Like

1001 Arabian Nights – Stories of the Middle East

September 7, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

1001 Arabian Nights are to the Middle East what Shakespeare is to the English-speaking world. Wild, imaginative, sensual stories that have influenced writers for centuries.

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Travel Tales

Hitchhiking to India With No Money

June 29, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Hitching to India when I was 20 was like a rite of passage, hitting the road with just a loaf of bread, a sleeping bag, a clarinet and a toothbrush, determined to trust in Fate and make my way overland with the gods on my side.

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Thoughts

Famous Last Words

May 16, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

I spend much of my life thinking about what my last words should be and for an epitaph that will make people laugh when they walk past my cheap gravestone.

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Travel Tales

Life as a Punter in Cambridge

May 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

Returning to England for the first time in years, I lived on the river in Cambridge for a couple of summers taking tourists for a ride in a traditional narrow boat. The history I made up as I went along.

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Travel Tales

Selling Fake Rolex Watches in Tokyo

May 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

I spent 3 months in the streets of Tokyo selling my soul along with silver rings, fake watches and useless trinkets to the gullible Japanese for the Israeli mafia.

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Travel Tales

My First Season in Goa, 1995

May 15, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

[Excerpt from Tales of a Road Junky ] Goa in 1995 had already passed its heyday as the Mecca of…

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Stuff I Like

The Story of Tom Thumb

May 13, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

I got my name by hitchhiking to India but the Tom Thumb stories go way back. Tom Thumb has been…

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Some Sufi Stories

May 13, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

The Essential Rumi from Coleman Barks These are a few of my favourite stories from the luminous Sufi poet, Rumi,…

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Songs

William Blake Tribute

May 13, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Q8FgfS9pw William Blake is a painter and poet that has inspired generations of artists over the last couple hundred years…

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Songs

The Little Prince Song

May 13, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

The Little Prince is a book that continues to touch millions across the world every year with its simplicity and depth, humour and elegance. I put together some of my favourite sentiments from the book into a song.

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Travel Tales

An Evening With a Clown

May 13, 2010 by Tom Thumb No Comments

When I was younger I wanted to be a clown. I was honoured to be one of the last people Schmuel ever spoke to.

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