Server Glitch
I’ve had a couple of emails asking where all our old articles have vanished to. The answer is that they didn’t get transferred when we moved servers the other week. I have them all on backup though so I’ll put them up […]

Jerry Springer The Opera and mediawatch’s letter to the BBC
There are apparently 50 protestors outside BBC TV centre right now (hmm). I go home that way, and I’m thinking of counter-protesting. If anyone has anything better to yell at the[…]

I’m Dying…But Not Yet
One unwelcome trend that the otherwise great availability of more Japanese, Chinese and Korean films has given us is the extended death scene. Perhaps it is due to the choice of weapons involved. In Hollywood, where […]

Where has our quest for organic, natural, and “sourced from the finest ingredients” food taken us? I shall tell you. To the brink of madness. I just had a Tyrells Naked Chip. Made proudly in Hertfordshire (as was I, but without the pride)[…]

TRIPODS FILM FINDS DIRECTOR
Wha…? Who knew Tripods film was looking? This is potentially exciting for those of us who remember the Tripods TV series (the last hurrah for teatime sci-fi) which made it two thirds of the way through the trilogy bu[…]

dietary epiphenomena: a study
the specific diet i am imposing on myself is intended (it says here) to modify between-meals cravings and give you a scientific insight into the workings of yr own metabolism: well this morning i wz woken – actual[…]

Stevie T has a blog. Typically elegant stuff, I hope it thrives. Read in particular the interesting Green Gartside interview.[…]

I AM WHAT I CAN’T EAT:
i am already quite enjoyin the fact that my decision to MAKE resolutions is annoying my officemates, who were all OH NO ONE EVER KEEPS THEM today, like a phalanx of female petes: it’s easier to abide by them, or in[…]

CRISIS ON INFINITE PENCILSHARPENERS

(Click for obscene bigness plus obscene fiddliness).
Crisis On Infinite Earth was the big crossover event. It was the first big companywide one, over at DC-Comics and was in itself relatively nonsensical and remar[…]

What TV show had the highest ever British viewing figures?
Easy, eh? The Royal Wedding. Or the Morecambe and Wise ’78 Christmas special. Or England-Germany in 1996. Or Den and Angie, Christmas ’86. Or. Or.
It seemed like an obvious pub qu[…]