Fantasy Reader: titled with admirable honesty this is a blog run by somebody who reads fantasy books and then writes about them. It’s a neglected genre (justly in some ways?) so it’s interesting to see the enthusiast’s own perspecti[…]

JogBlog 2: Kit.
I hate the word ‘kit’. But it’s not the association with school PE kit, with scabby knees and wet shorts, cold fields and being completely unable to kick a ball in a straight line, that puts me off. Oh no. It’s[…]

The stir fry 2: January is a month for trying out recipes from books received over Christmas. So far Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Bible has yielded some lovely potatoes with ginger and a super-tasty coriander chicken dish. Actually the latter is part[…]

Your Zelda Correspondent Reports: THE RETURN OF GANONDORF!! (Flash animation). Watch out for Link singing along to Saria’s song.[…]

Maybe the saddest thing about A Mighty Wind is that it is unlikely to spark a folk revival, because none of these folk bands are real. It is a pity that there isn’t a six album back catalogue of the Folksmen or Mitch And Mickey to follow up on[…]

Somebody wrote in reminding me to name the Tooting curry house we liked so much (see below), so here we go…
Shahnaz Indian Cuisine, 102 High Street Tooting
“To avoid disappointment please reserve a table” it says here but Pumpkin Pu[…]

J.C.CHASEZ – “A.D.I.D.A.S.”
Everybody’s going on about this song at the moment, and they’re quite right. Something I like about it: one-note choruses aren’t uncommon in pop but the way Chasez grates his voice for t[…]

I swear I had no idea that Marcello had laid into 1985 when I put Red Box in my Top 12 just now. He really has a go at that particular single, as well. Maybe I’m the only person who likes it: I’ll admit I gulp slightly at its bug-eyed pos[…]

Level Playing Field: I’ve rearranged the blogs section so that there’s no more ‘ten favourites’ stuff going on – apologies if your hits drop as a result of this but it seemed a bit self-important.
On the other hand comme[…]

Menko New Nintendo DS Console Annoucement!!: It’s NEW CONSOLE TIME, which will herald ”an unprecedented approach to video game play. Holding two separate game screens in the palm of your hand hits the scene later this year when Nintendo i[…]