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REVIEW 10. See that review of “Rags” below, by Mick Lewis? Well. Whilst surreptitiously skulking round the sci-fi section of Borders last night (“Argh! Someone’s coming! Quick hide in… ARGH! THE BLACK LAC[…]

The problem with fantasy films sometimes is getting your head around the logic of the fantasy. Howl’s Moving Castle has this problem in spades, which is why it probably works better for a younger audience than an adult one. The adult audience c[…]

As Miss Vicky sez – Who knew fishing could be so dangerous?[…]

I’m a deeply amateur fisherman; given that I don’t even eat fish, my fishing is more like the nastier blood sports in its complete lack of utility. I’ve spend 2 days fishing on Loch Awe over the August bank holiday for the last 3 ye[…]

on the bus home yesterday i sat behind a man who had just bought the CD of the ELP “classic”; he wz busy reading (and rereading) the sleeve — i wz inexplicably excited, and having to strain NOT to lean over his shoulder and PEER OBT[…]

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snakes generally sneer at the “never eat anything bigger than your head” meme, but even if yr quite stretchy, surely “NEVER EAT ANYTHING BIGGER THAN YOUR BODY” is a motto to live by maybe!?! or at least not to die by!
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Not content in banning Britain’s most popular living painter from their Most Popular Painting competition, the BBC now continue their vendetta by inviting BBC News readers to do their own Vettriano. This stems from the story that his most expen[…]

The work pop quiz last night threw up an unexpected dilemma:
– It is the final round of the pop quiz, the round where you draw a pop star in a minute and your teammates have to guess who it is. You are the last team up: if you guess the drawing[…]

Nobel Prize For Medicine.
Great story this because it illustrates the best and worst of science. People with ulcers are often stressed. Thus stress > > ulcers. But where is the proof? Well stress can lead to high blood pressure, and patients with hig[…]