Darrell Wakelam

Well, when they said ‘unboxing’ . . . 🤔🤔🤔 darrellwakelam.com #ArtShaped ⁦@BloomsburyEd⁩ ⁦@BloomsburyBooks⁩

@ThatEricAlper ‘Brassed off’ is a pretty tough watch. 🥹

What movie absolutely destroyed you emotionally?

@RockNRoLL_85 The needle and the damage done.

What’s your favorite Song by Neil Young?

@TheExtremeMusi1 The Smiths . . . “Oh what’s he droning on about now?” 😆😆😆 Mum was right, but I still like the miserable ones.

What BAND could YOUR parents not STAND???

@XMartinsMusicX Yes, but can you name the original painting without cheating? 👀 I’ve sat in front of this, it’s amazing. 😮

Can You Name The Album From The Cover Art? 🤔

@dixons_mb Fantastic work for children so young 😁👏👏👏

Fantastic portraits of Viking warriors by our talented Year 4. You can see how they have focused on tone, emotion and texture in their sketches. #primaryart #commitment

@Tildaraine17 Don’t worry, artists don’t retire, we go mad, or we die 😆👍

@DarrellWakelam At least you have one! We’ll all be working till we drop…

I get some lovely emails. Mrs Lynch and her class did an online workshop from up in Aberdeen last year. She's just sent me this fabulous tiger that she's just made with her Year 1 class this year using the same techniques! 😮👏👏👏 I'll be out of a job soon. 😁

@Tildaraine17 Welcome to my future 😆😆😆

@DarrellWakelam Sit at home and sign bits of cardboard😅

@Tildaraine17 He was delighted. 😆 An easy win.

@DarrellWakelam Bless him!

There was a little lad on Friday who had brought my book to school every day this week, then forgot it on the day I was actually there! 😅 So, I wrote him a little messaged and signed the bit of cardboard for him to use as a bookmark. Fame at last. 😂😎

@Lady_FanAccount Still remember my heart beating a little faster watching this for the first time. To be honest, it still does. 😁👀

Heart of Glass was created by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein in 1975 as a slow, reggae song called "Once I Had a Love". The members of Blondie (especially Debbie) were afraid that the "disco" sound would drive punk/new wave fans away from them, but producer Chapman insisted. Result? It became the biggest success of Blondie's career, #1 in the US, the UK and several countries.

@janice_gro33662 @Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Loved it, there was a really good documentary about Roger Moore on TV last year with Steve Coogan narrating it, as Roger! 😆 It was excellent.

@Steph_Athers @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 Theme tune to The Saint 🤭😃youtu.be/EP9pKQ5N6Qg?si…

The word is.. Saint The song is.. Black Coffee - All Saints @ClareCampbell7 @DarrellWakelam @MrWilBaker @Gaiinz @kezwick_98765 @Suey2chaussures @JoPetersEYFS @MindBodySoulNRG @ExHT_nowPhase3 @mattdechaine @stevePr03886614 All welcome to join..

@JVMonte2 ‘Spirit of Eden’ by Talk Talk blew my mind, still does. 🙂👍 youtu.be/AD8M_HVauls?si…

Name an album you consider to be groundbreaking for its time?

@JVMonte2 Stanley Road, the Paul Weller album is the first one that comes to mind. 👍

What’s a great song or album named after an actual place?

Charlotte’s Brain Tumour Journey 18.2.1997 – 24.2.2016  Diagnosis to death: 951 days  Age 19 years 5 days I normally get the train to Portsmouth, but yesterday I decided to drive a journey I hadn’t made since Miles left Southampton University in 2018. The drive was full of memories of Charlotte and I travelling that same route several times in 2014 to collect him or drop him off Then I passed the hospice where Charlotte’s body rested after she died. In an instant, memories came flooding back  memories I had buried deep because they were simply too painful to revisit. I could suddenly see her lying there again. It is an image no parent should ever carry. That day, I brought home a memorial stone. I remember clutching it tightly, realising this was it  the last time I would ever see Charlotte. Some memories never truly leave you. They simply wait quietly for the moment they return. Thinking today of all those who already hold their own memory stones, and heartbreakingly, of those who one day will. At Charlotte’s Lab, researchers are working on all brain tumours, with the hope of helping everyone affected by these devastating diagnosis. If you are able to donate, we would be incredibly grateful. As many of you know, we are entirely self-funded, so 100% of every donation goes directly to research. We also believe strongly in transparency and will always show how your donations have been, or will be, spent. Pop a pound in Charlotte’s BAG and help us make a difference. charlottesbag.org/donate/ Please RT with thanks

@EmCanDesign When it's that easy to make someone happy, it's always worth it 😁

@DarrellWakelam Too cute!

@AgathaChocolats "You're gonna need a bigger boot" 😅🦈🦈🦈

In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo. #sixwordstory #WritingCommmunity

@bluewithstars 😆 you'll have to DM me with your address or remind me of schools?

@bluewithstars D'you want a piece of cardboard? 😂

@LeaLeaLemon Well he was happy, and that's what matters. 😁

@DarrellWakelam Actually much more personal and special 🥰