A question about narrative complexity. I am buying a birthday present for my five year old nephew and as dutiful uncle tend to err on the side of books. What books do you get a kid who is only just starting to read? Previous brithdays I have upped th[…]

Poor old Robbie Savage. Finally the “Robbie Savage Fact” as it had become known, is no longer true. Robbie, a scamp, a teaser, a mullet topped rascal of the highest sort (for which read dirty little bugger) has finally been sent off, and […]

I suppose if I had one problem with Before Sunset, it was that the characters, having grown up, had become less interesting. This may seem odd, considering more had happened to them in the past nine years, but in getting older their personalities wer[…]

4th Annual University of Toronto Physics Jamboree
Despite the silly name, this is actually a very creative introduction to the work done in our department. The concept : in alphabetical order, each professor must present an introduction to their work[…]

The Webs We Weave
Mark Lombardi at the AGO
Lombardi draws the connections between money, people and power?the famous ones mostly, the connubial bliss of the Papal states and the Banco Ambrosia in Italy, The Charles Keating S and L Wall Street Orgies,[…]

“This is not a dream, this is a f*cking nightmare, you b*tch!”
Search: Lady Sovereign – Sad Ass Strippah
Destroy: Jentina – Bad Ass Strippa.[…]

…and you lose some — the Genesis probe that was due to return to earth today, having collected a slew of solar particles, has done so — only not as intended. Success is never guaranteed, of course, but this is in many ways like the[…]

FT Top 100 Films
35: DUNE
I’ve never really “got” David Lynch. Possibly because I saw his a few of his films before I could “get” them. I saw Blue Velvet as a sixteen year old, and was a bit bored. A fourteen year old me[…]

For me, Dizzee Rascal is someone who has become really good over a short period of time rather than suddenly realigning the world from the first single on — not the most popular of views, perhaps, but to my mind it’s telling that while I&[…]

Indie Chicken
(You may recall the first instalment of this all-comers welcome occasional series from a while ago. If not, I don’t care. But I would nevertheless like to see local chicken reviews from strange and exotic climes.)
#2 Perfect Ch[…]