Archives – 2004 – June – 23  

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring.
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring. Well the title tells you everything. Do you get the hint – this is one of those cyclical, history repeating itself things. So past Autumn, do not look for any surprises. Instead look for a nice p[…]

Relatively Fashionable Gastropub Report #1: The Anchor And Hope
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Relatively Fashionable Gastropub Report #1: The Anchor And Hope
Having missed out on the ‘4 Ox Heart sandwiches which were my planned breakfast on Saturday, I was pleased to return to the Anchor & Hope for some St John related goodness. I […]

FT Top 100 Films 77: THE LOST BOYS
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Corey? Really? That’s not a name.
The Lost Boys is the definitive 80’s vampire movie. That’s not to say it is any good. But it bundles the Reaganomics and brat pack ideologies into a big ball and spews them out with all the usual me[…]

Politics and film. Can a film really effect an election?
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Politics and film. Can a film really effect an election? A question worth asking about Fahrenheit 911 – but a question that perhaps Julio Medem’s film The Basque Ball. A documentary of mainly talking heads about the Basque people, culture[…]

You are hot. You want cooling.
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You are hot. You want cooling. You buy a Magnum, aware that it is the premiere ice cream chocolate combo.Butwhat is this? Oops, you have accidentally bought another one of the four hundred special edition Magnum’s that come out every year. Stil[…]

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