The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll - Illustrated by Tove Jansson

The Hunting of the Snark is a wonderfully illustrated story about the Bellman and his eccentric crew as they follow their quest to catch a most mysterious creature called the Snark.

I've always been a fan of the Moomins, the world that Tove Jansson created is an inspiration to many people. The images accompanying The Hunting of the Snark makes the weird and wonderful story a reality. Each character has been drawn to perfection, the personalities of the crew members becomes immediately obvious at first glance.

In 1959 Tove Jansson (Author & illustrator of the Moomins) originally created these illustrations to accompany 'The Hunting of the Snark' for the Swedish language edition. Then remaining unavailable for over 50 years, Tate Publishing have recreated the book in English with Tove Jansson's inspired images.

This is a great book for a quick read, but you'll come back to read it again and again as you become lost in the world of the Snark.

'Friends, Romans, and countrymen, lend me your ears!'
(they were all of them fond of quotations:
So they drank to his health, and they gave him three cheers,
While he served out additional rations).

'We have sailed for many months, we have sailed for many weeks,
(Four weeks to the month you may mark),
But never as yet ('tis your captain who speaks)
Have we caught the least glimpse of a Snark!

To find out more about this book, or to buy it, please visit Tate Publishing.

Stella Artois competition - Are You Smooth Enough To Play The Role of Jacques D'Azur?

Stella Artois are continuing their campaign, originally to find a replacement for Jacques D-Azur, now the campaign is to find a likely fellow, man enough to play the role of Jacques D-Azur that will premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

So you think you've got what it takes to play the role of Monsieur D'Azur?

In addition to playing the leading role in the film, the lucky winner will also attend the prestigious Cannes Film Festival where the movie will premiere, and will receive movie star treatment throughout their trip.

The new competition is currently open for entries, to enter please visit www.stellaartois.com to film your very own audition tape. On the Stella Artois website you can film your audition tape by following the steps using a webcam. The footage will then be automatically edited together to create the perfect casting film to share with your friends.

On April 1st, all submitted casting tapes will be put before our panel of distinguished judges who will select a short list of 200 Jacques’ hopefuls, to be announced on April 5, 2011. The star of the film will be chosen from this short list.

UP inspired house : National Geographic

This life sized, UP inspired, 'house-ship' was created by National Geographic.

The aim was to set a new world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted. The house was 18 foot tall with 300 balloons attached. The UP inspired 'house-ship' reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet, and flew for approximately one hour.

The event was also filmed by National Geographic and will become a part of the new National Geographic Channel series called How Can it Be?

Pretty cool!

Cravendale - Cats with Thumbs

I actually love this advert...

Apparently cats with 'opposable thumbs' do exist! They are called Polydactyl cats. If you want to find out more about this, take a look at the Cravendale Cats website.

3ERD : Photography in the third dimension

Just saw these great '3D' images on 3ERD tumblr blog. They're amazing!