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Resolutions need resolve.
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Resolutions need resolve.
I am on the whole anti-New Years resolutions. As are most psychologists in the know. Artificial deadlines to start or stop doing something suggest that deep down we do not want to effect this change. And if deep down we do […]

I saw a cloud the other day that looked just like Margaret Rutherford in Blithe Spirit.
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I saw a cloud the other day that looked just like Margaret Rutherford in Blithe Spirit. Admitttedly if she was in profile, and if her body was significantly truncated and blobby like the Michelin Man. It was a passing fancy at the time, little did I […]

MORE PUBLOG SCIENCE
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MORE PUBLOG SCIENCE
Wifebeater. Another name for Stella Artois. It seems to be a truth held universal that Stella Artois makes you an aggressive drunk. It is after all a strong lager. But I believe I have had nights out drinking Kronenburg, an equall[…]

TV PITCHES FROM HELL 1: Dragon’s Den
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TV PITCHES FROM HELL
1: Dragon’s Den
Its like The X-Factor, but instead of entertainers, people pitch businesses at successful moguls.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
WHat if we call the moguls Dragon’s. You know. Make it sound more interesting than it[…]

PUBLOG STYLE REVIEW OF FRENCH SOUNDING CINEMAS IN LONDON
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PUBLOG STYLE REVIEW OF FRENCH SOUNDING CINEMAS IN LONDON
1: The Renoir
A lovely little art-house joint in the middle of a concrete canyon, namely the Brunswick Centre nr Russell Square. Two well situated, cool auditoriums showing almost exclusively n[…]

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The Jeremy Bentham
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The Jeremy Bentham
Who is this handsome chappie then? Is it
a) Tim Rice
b) Jeremy Bentham
c) A bizarre look into a parallel dimension where Peter Davidson had remained as Doctor Who for twenty years?
The clue is in the name of the pub, though Tim Ric[…]

Blade III should be rubbish.
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Blade III should be rubbish. Frankly that Blade or Blade II were any good beggared much belief and was basically due to rather flashy direction and surprising conviction in the casts. You can dress up the vampire mythos in as much flashy clothing as […]

2005 is the Einstein Year
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2005 is the Einstein Year
And what better way to celebrate the life and achievements of one of the greatest physicists than: The Einstein Flip. A revolutionary way of putting many of his theories on space-time convergence to the test, the Einstein Fl[…]

“Top of the league, and we’re having a laugh…”
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“Top of the league, and we’re having a laugh…”
Actually, I wasn’t. You could not call me a fairweather fan, considering that the first Barnet game I went to was on one of the coldest days of the year. Nevertheless I am a[…]

“Always a wonderfully dangerous choice”
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“Always a wonderfully dangerous choice”
Reef to win Best British Live Act then…[…]

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