OH NO!. And on a related (bum) note, surely it isn’t just indiephobia that makes me a little worried by the title of the XFM-sponsored alternative?[…]

“Mad euro director, Americam remake, Stephen King, gotta be a dud”
If you absolutely can, get Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom (Riget) out on video. Have you done that yet? Do it now! Go.
If you can’t, or are too lazy (let’s[…]

FISH UPDATE – thanks for the suggestions (see below). WHAT I DID: a starter of baked asparagus wrapped in italian ham and soft cheese (an idea of Anna’s from an old ILX thread, previously tested and known to be totally delicious). Creamy […]

Links Round-Up:
Why I love Eamon’s “Fuck It” – lengthy analysis at Clap Clap Blog, good point about holding off the swears till the chorus, the Liz Phair bit is cheeky too (but then I’ve not heard any pre-‘sell out[…]

Am I the only person who thinks the Michael Moore vs Disney story is complete guff, and is there wholly to dupe a politically sensitive Cannes jury into festooning Moore’s film with an award. Moore is nothing if not a tremendous self publicist,[…]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part Two of Two
So away from literary concerns, how is the science in Mendel’s Dwarf? Well don’t ask me, I gave up Biology aged thirteen because the experiments were not as good as Chemistry and Physics and it was a […]

BRANDWATCH: another thinnish week for food and booze news – the front page of Marketing dominated by Nestle’s somewhat unsubtle attempt to counter its unethical image by launching a ‘fair trade’ coffee line. Inside the only it[…]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part One Of Two
Simon Mawer’s novel Mendel’s Dwarf is that potentially most annoying of things. A parallel narrative, where both generally unrelated storylines unfold, taking space, time and momentum from the other. […]

‘These people aren’t being rational’
Article by, arch curmudgeon, Stephen Moss in today’s Guardian (G2) about the “Friends of Radio 3”, as linked to by Tom (below). It covers the BBC’s reaction and exposes th[…]

In the Lousy last night (the Princess Louise by Holborn for those not up with rubbish made up Freaky Trigger slang) and the talk turned to one of the pubs more unusual fittings. Not the grand mirrors, or the intricate tin false ceiling. Not even the […]