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thrillers by (grown-up) kids: some more agatha christie
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ok so now in my trek through a.christie decade by decade i have reached one i like unreservedly (=no.1 in the 1930s omnibus, The Sittaford Mystery, 1931, where she really finds a rhythm), so i am going to try and sum the 1920s AC for you
i. AC invent[…]

Radio Times readers drink the Cool Aid
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The furious Who Whype spinning around us throws up a gem from the Radio Times. RT asked their readers to vote for their Coolest People on Telly and guess who came top:

Doctor Who (David Tennant)

Jack Bauer in 24 (Kiefer Sutherland)

The Fonz in Hap[…]

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FT Periodic Table: Element 1: LOVE
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What a bunch of saps we are. But then if you ask fifteen people who have been on a pub crawl for six hours what is the thing that underpins the universe, well a slurred Love is not the unexpected response. Anyway, someone jumped the gun, because as w[…]

it’s the end of the videogaming world as we know it
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This is real Nostradamus end times fare: believe it or don’t but it’s confirmed by Nintendo: Sonic and Mario: together at last in Mario and Sonic at the OLYMPIC GAMES!! Oh. My. God. But Mario beating Sonic at speed? NEVER HAPPEN. Unless t[…]

Poptimism – Lesson Thirty Three (and a third)
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Gotta Work – Amerie
Au Arbres Citoyens – Yannick Noah
Get Down – Groove Armada ft Lady Stush (Calvin Harris Remix)
Stop Me – Mark Ronson / Daniel Merriweather
Head Over Heels – Tears For Fears
Fergie vs The Fray – […]

Land Of Pain And Glory aka I Blame Steve Redgrave
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Was struck this morning by an advert on the back of the freebie Sport magazine that gets given away at stations. It shows a finely hewn young man looking extremely serious, holding a bit of gym equipment shot in such a way to make it look as if he is[…]

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  1. Count me as one of the people oddly affected by issue 300. Although... The thing I most remember about this…

  2. Oh. Oh no. OH DAVE SIM NO. I withdraw everything I wrote about Hebrew. The fact that "bull/cow" and "fruit"…