Under self command of Must Watch More Television, I settled down to Murder City last night. I like crime fiction, though less taken by police proceedurals, especially the cosy two hour ITV jolly old game variety. Well Murder City certainly isn’[…]

Amateur theatre is an effervescent affair, where teachers, professors and investment bankers gather and express. Here are found mannish giants tottering in maid’s outfits and septa-centarian biblical boat-keepers confessing to divine misrepres[…]

Would you trust a man with the middle name STRANGE as the US Secretary Of Defense?
If yes, go and see if that would be justified by seeing The Fog Of War.
If no, go and see if your expectations would be confounded by seeing The Fog Of War.
The most […]

Is it me or does “In The Middle” by the Sugababes sound like the Panorama theme tune? It is certainly as hard hitting as that now toothless documentary strand.[…]

To people who need to know this kind of thing. The Swimmer, Freaky Trigger occasional North London haunt, has swopped its range of Ridley’s Ales for a good selection of Fullers Ales. This is not necessarily a bad thing, though there was much lo[…]

IHM STUPID PLOTS FOR SONGS WATCH
1: Kate Bush: Babooshka
She wanted to test her husband, she knew exactly what to do
Was this:
a) Get 20 multiple choice questions prepared for him when he got home from work
b) Hire a Private detective to see if he&#8[…]

Quite possibly the biggest issue avoided in the compellingly non-judgemental Capturing the Friedman’s, is the job of the eldest Friedman boy – David. The story of the documentary is simple. A middle aged computer teacher gets snaffled wit[…]

Jorge Luis Borges
I meant to publish this a while back. Reading the article on FT this month regarding Latin American literature jogged my memory.
Borges is Argentina’s greatest modern writer. That’s hardly a contentious statement. I woul[…]

I am not just thinking of Matt Le Blanc here, though when the sitcom of the same name fumbles on to the screen next year we will really see if the stupid schtick can prop up a series. The least mentioned of the The Station Agent’s three lead ch[…]

One thing that always cheers me in my constant fight against aural dissonance is musics constant quest to reinvent itself. You may think this may make my quest like Heracles battle against the many headed hydra, cut one off and hundreds spring back i[…]