aka: The Ewok Adventure aka CARAVAN OF COURAGE.
Y’see in the States this was a TV spesh. In the UK it was emblazoned across cinemas as a surprisingly unwanted follow up to star wars’ least favourite characters. It is a bit like Raiders Of[…]

Japanese Inro by Julia Hutt
Inro were small sectioned lacquerware boxes, generally a little smaller than a cigarette packet, which wealthy Japanese wore dangling from their sash-belts from the 17th Century until around a hundred years ago, when Weste[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 12[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1975

L-R: Tommy, Dad, Bobby, Me (just barely visible to the right)
The loud, fussy stripes of post-QEFTSG pr’t-‘-porter men’s fashion didn’t come out of a vacuum, you […]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1975

A little scaled-down from previous Christmases, not like I cared then. Stockings and associated piles go from L-R Tommy, Bobby and me. Took a look at a few of the things I dawdled over i[…]

Mark Sinker says:
Here’s what I love about Tim Burton: the inextricable knot of his constant absolute contrary rage. He is angry at Hollywood for
i. ignoring him even as they
ii. endlessly eagerly embrace and hire him.
How can they SO TOTALLY N[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 11[…]

Tove Jannson wrote two picture-books-for-moominloving-tots: Vem ska trosta knyttet? (1960) and Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och lilla My (1952). When I discovered they’d been republished (as Who Will Comfort Toffle? and The B[…]

OBSCURE OBSERVATIONS #1
Simpsons episode where Homer writes a column spreading rumours about the neighbourhood. At the master’s desk on the freaky island there is a lava lamp, and in the lava lamp, a frog is swimming, happily (I assume).[…]

My Hootenanny Hell
I am sure I can remember an era when TV schedulers made an effort on New Years Eve, possibly around the time I cared what was on the telly at Christmas. But perhaps I’m dreaming it – there’s no very good reason to[…]