Green screen effects and obvious quarter-size boat model outfitted with Bogie and Hepburn dolls going through what was probably a small creek somewhere were laffable but the movie generates such goodwill that it almost felt right that Huston would[…]

Annual trip to the Turner Prize (and hence Annual Trip to the Morpeth Arms too) threw up the usual half hearted, interesting and dull experiences. Whilst the field is pretty unexciting this year, there were at least two I quite liked, whilst themselv[…]

I have spent much of this weekend exploring the nameless and abyssal depths of Earth’s prehistory. Half of this exploration has been in the pleasant company of H.P. Lovecraft, whose Haunter Of The Dark anthology I picked up on a whim last week.[…]

i) haha just to get this out of the way the MINE from the Robin of Scargill ep is connected to a TUNNEL from the CASTLE to the FOREST
ii) useless of jizbum’s “character” is STILL on the morph — now (as well as remaining a hapl[…]

In response to the growing interest in “premium” foods, Burger King will apparently be launching “The Angus” – the first fast food burger to gain accreditation from the shadowy organisation that licenses the Aberdeen Ang[…]

In many ways I should be grateful for the existence of Bob Marley. If it were not for his greatest hits album, Legend, most people would probably own more than one Reggae record. In acting as a one man summary for this particularly dismal form of mus[…]

Kiss Me – Robbie Williams
Rush – Aly & AJ [dance remix]
Will You Remember Me Tomorrow – Margaret Berger
Easy – Sugababes (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Remix)
Hot Love – T Rex (more…)[…]

Tarmac? What kind of a brand is that, its just the pavement, right? Wrong my friends. Tarmac is a brand and an awe-inspiring dominant one at that. I love brands whose names are synonymous with their main product, it shows an awesome degree of brand d[…]

When I first encountered it (1991 – considerable after this much older photo which on closer examination may well be of a completely different building on the same site) the pub at the St Clements Roundabout in Oxford (aka The Plain) was called[…]

About the same time we passed 5000 comments*, so 20 out of 21 comments are spam**. Nice. Many many thanks to akismet.com and the “Worst Offenders” plugin.
Free fun FT fact: we are now mobile phone friendly (looks like this)
(*RIP the comm[…]