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Eurovision: One Year Later
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— 17 May 2009 Tom 19 comments

Almost a year ago I wrote this post – “5 Point Plan For The UK To Win Eurovision”, defining “win” as “maybe come a respectable fifth”.
And here we are: a respectable fifth. So let’s see which bits of my[…]

Tokyo Sonata Lacks The Class Of Time Out
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— 17 May 2009 Pete Baran Comment

I liked The Class (Entre Les Murs) by Laurent Cantet, but did not feel all that compelled to say so when it came out. Because it had good reviews I had no need to, and my glib comments about this depiction of Parisien inner city schooling would have […]

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