“I’ll get some stick over this” smugs Frank Kane over his provocative “harsh realities” in yesterday’s Observer. Will any suckers bite? Chomp, chomp.
Passing over the half-truths (he should read the chapter in here[…]

What better ways are there to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon in May than ensconced in a dark concrete sub-basement watching a silent film from 1926?*
After a rather too large lunch, hoofing it around the renownedly maze-like Barbican Centre tryin[…]

Is it
a) Scarlett Johansson playing this films version of Lady Windemere? She gets to do all the emoting in the film, and being a naive young lass does not get to spout any of the Wildean epigrams which the film otherwise stuff into the gaps like an […]

There have been a few grumbles that this Doctor Who series seemingly refuses to leave Earth. Where are the alien worlds and cultures, fans cry? Good riddance to them, for now at least. I’ll admit I’m curious as to how the new production i[…]

New mammal found on food stall. – tragicomic tale of scientific discovery. The final paragraph raises an eyebrow though – the bumblebee bat??
Further quirky action – insect restaurant in Germany – website here, not prioritisin[…]

Guru Josh – Infinity
If you export the sun-drenched Balearic vibe back to generally un-blissed Britain, you’re going to get things like this: cardboard uplift, a huckster’s take on youth revolution. Guru Josh queered his career by a[…]

Dressing up your pets is art! No, really, it’s not just a sad and tragic thing people who talk about themselves as if they are the parent of the pet do, not at all. I know this because my good friend Rachael is organising a second art event con[…]

(Yes this blog is officially the anti-infinity “maths? it’s rubbish” blog)
922 cats watching the cat before as of today. The site has been going for over a year (I think) and at this rate they show no sign of getting any closer to i[…]

BBC article. This is timed to hit the finale of 24 isn’t it? :-(
Ok, so Btefnet’s down, but isohunt is still going as a torrent search engine.[…]

There are still political posters, all over town. I’ve not seen any in windows – but then I didn’t before the election. But on poster sites, yes. Labour’s “if you vote for it, value it” near Tooting station, a ster[…]