A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…..
Star Wars would still be the perenial list topper for populist film charts.
It is not the case anymore I would wager. The document of the Top 100 list puts this down as Star Wars: A New Hope. Bolloc[…]

The theory is that every Jules Verne book can be summarised by its title. Thus in Around The World In 80 Days, the world is traversed in the time limit suggested. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth described the trip perfectly. And guess how long is […]

In Bon Voyage we see a return of that most ropey of plot conventions. The plain girl who does not believe the hero could ever fancy her actually more attractive than the girl everyone says is pretty. I thought the Truth About Cats And Dogs had killed[…]

Heavy Water. A great lost pub band name I daresay. But also the name of one of the most fun chemical compounds. It is water, with extri neutrons. Deuterium is just fat hydrogen and as such Heavy Water is just water but just a bit lardier.
I was remin[…]

PUBLOG FISH OF THE MONTH – Tilapia
Okay, Tilapia is one of the top five farmed fish in the world. It is hardy, resilient and in the wild will eat pretty much anything. And, this is important in the look friendly world of fish, Tilapia looks lik[…]

See. That’s how different this list is. Perhaps the nominee thought we were doing the list in a different order. Perhaps, as first picker they had not realised exactly how different this list could be. Maybe they were dazzled by the canon. What[…]

Introduction: Methodology
Last year Sight & Sound returned to a perennial subject, the top ten films of all time. At the same time Channel Four happily filled six hours with a very similar (in theory) list show, which soon got devolved into the […]

The days of private spaceflight are almost upon us. Which means that perhaps my ambition of going into space before I die still may happen. If I managed to become a billionaire. But before we cheer the incoming privateers of space (and the attendant […]

BAILEY’S GLIDE WATCH
More updates on our least favourite alcopop, the foolish watered down long Bailey’s drink know as the Glide. Remember this is the only drink actually improved by a couple of drops of Malt Vinegar in it. Well Emma poin[…]

It is too early to say what the loss of Jeff on Coupling will mean to the dynamic of the show. It is impossible to think though that a show like Friends – which Coupling is so based on – ever losing one of their cast.
On the pro-Jeff fro[…]