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Like A Crippled Cat With A Crippled Mouse
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Okay, the Australians forced a hard earned draw with England in the Third Test. They will be pleased with that, and not pleased that they ever got into the situation. There has been much less noise from the Australian camp, even though they stymied E[…]

Celebrity “BBC Talking Point”
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4155228.stm
“The former Nine O’Clock News presenter told the Radio Times: “Life is lived in accordance with women’s rules” and men are now merely “sperm donors&[…]

Blog Rendered Pointless By Thread
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Blog 7 has been a little bit quiet this month, as we have found it difficult perhaps to unload about our childhoods. What do we mention, what are we willing to admit to? And then I came across an ILx thread which pretty much renders the whole of Blog[…]

WE WENT TO THE GREAT BRITISH BEER FESTIVAL…
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And we drank…
… in alphabetical order…

Lee GB Mild (tasting note [TN] == “num)
Wells Banana Bread Beer (TN = “tastes like banana antibiotics!!”)
York Bitter (“from the North East, TN = “refreshing&#822[…]

Nun Prays For Divine Retribution Against The Da Vinci Code
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It is unclear what effect a nun praying outside a building containing Tom Hanks will do. Nevertheless it does seem the reasons for her protest are not those which would spur others into action. The nun seemed a bit miffed that the book suggests that […]

We Can All Bee Critics
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Bees prefer pictures of flowers. Even if they have never seen a flower before. This is because bees are more a fan of pictorially representative art, rather than abstract art, as they have very little capacity for extrapolating the way they feel abou[…]

Dear Lars and Thomas
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Thank you for your clever and insightful treatise on the American love of guns, Dear Wendy. I think most people will see through the artfully constructed gunfight at the end, lovingly tailored and easily the most cinematic part of the movie as the sh[…]

Crowning Glory
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The reports of the demise of The Crown on New Oxford Street appear to have been premature. It was closed for refurbishment, not closed full stop. And this being a Sam Smith’s pub that refurbisment was restricted to a new slap of paint on the wa[…]

A Very Good, Bad Film
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Stealth is a very good, bad film. Almost ever part of it is entertainingly risible. Almost every minute flouts all laws of science, its own script AND its own plot logic. Whilst it is slightly overlong, it would probably rock in at one hour less if a[…]

Rusty Goffe: Spoilsport
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One of the big decisions in the casting of the new Charlie And The Chocolate Factory was casting Deep Roy as ALL of the Oompa-Loompas. Technology makes this easy, but it was a sad day for the section of Equity who deals with actors of restricted heig[…]

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