Jean Michel Basquiat, Original or Fake ?
I bought this today in Covent Garden from an antiques stall. Bought it because I loved the drawing. It was only when I got home that I looked up the artist.
The seller who sold this to me told me that it was done by the artist whilst in hospital and given to a friend
Now, I’m pretty sure this must be a fake. His work sells for $1000′s of dollars and I paid a lot less.
Do you think this is original or a fake ?
An age old interview with Gamespy
Just stumbled across an interview I did with John Keefer from Gamespy, close to the end of the game ‘Black & White’. I’d completely forgotten that I’d done it. I think I come over quite well, not an ounce of cynicism you’d find from me today. 
http://archive.gamespy.com/legacy/interviews/blackandwhite_a.shtm
Lionhead's 10th Anniversary Party
DSC01559, originally uploaded by Jamie Durrant.
We had Lionhead’s 10th anniversary last Friday. 10 years since Lionhead was initially created, and a big party was organised for the celebrations. Fancy dress with the theme of ‘games’. Have a look through the photos to see how many game characters you can name.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamie-uk/sets/72157601232788339/
I’ll be at Lionhead for 10 years in February 2008.
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Durrant Family Tree Website
In my further ventures into documenting the family tree, I decided to create a website; http://www.durrantfamilytree.com so that if anyone is searching for their Durrant roots then hopefully this will give them a helping hand, and you never know I might find some long lost relative !!
 Jamie
Sleeping in Seattle
Just recently returned from a two week stint in Seattle. A week working at Bungie Studios (They make a little known game called Halo) and a week’s holiday in downtown Seattle. Now, it’s well known that Seattle is one of the rainier parts of the US, but as luck would have it, whilst I was there, they suffered from the most rainfall since records began. Even so, I was very struck with Seattle and it’s surrounding areas. Particularly at this time of year, heading into the Thanksgiving and Xmas holidays, it takes on a magical quality as the sun slowly sets and the glow of illuminations are multiplied by the rain slickened streets. The smell of cinnamon and cloves abound through the malls.
 Lance enjoyed it too, although it would have been nice to have a little more sunshine on our outing up the space needle.
 
 
 
Durrant Family Tree
I’m currently embarking on a project to find out about the Durrant family. I’ve subscribed to a great site, www.ancestry.com to help me with this task. So far, I think I’ve mapped it back to 1809.
Robert Durrant (born about 1809) married Hannah and had seven children : Robert, Carlotta, Margaret, Mary A, Elizabeth, Christopher and Henry.
Henry Durrant (born about 1852) married Ellen Smith and had four children : Henry G, William A, Robert John and Arthur Edward.
Robert John Durrant (born Jun 1880) married Annie Riches and had two children : Robert John Walter and Frederick.
Robert John Walter Durrant married Olive Maud Watson and had three children : Maureen, Barbara and Robert Anthony.
Robert Anthony Durrant married Susan Lynne Adams and had two children : Lee Robert Durrant and myself, Jamie Durrant.
I really would like to work back further, but it’s not so easy now as the earliest census only goes to 1841. So, if you know anything and have stumbled on this page via a search engine, please contact me and perhaps we can consult each other’s trees ! 
p.s. Research now living on http://www.durrantfamilytree.com/
Updated Portfolio for Ipad with HTML5
Hey there, if the non appearance of flash on Apple products annoys you like it does me, then all is good on jamiedurrant.com. You can now view my Graphic Design and Web Portfolio on the Ipad coded in HTML 5.
This is the latest update to the image management software I use, SlideShowPro.
You can view the portfolio here : Portfolio for Ipad.
I must say, it looks pretty damn sweet over the iPad.