No trip to Finland is complete without a visit to Santa’s village in Lapland. It was September outside but in a tiny corner of Lapland it is Christmas all year round. The ‘village’ is a mix of log-cabin chintz and blocky granite sou[…]

Usually Christmas films have the bonhomie of the season coupled with the goodwill-to-all-men message pushed to the fore. This is the meaning of Christmas to these films and thus are more than able to hang saccharine, feel-good fairy tales on the Yule[…]

Two docs in shaky-cam.
1: Mondovino, in cinemas today, arguably the best of this year’s documentary explosion. Like The Corporation it’s an investigation of global capitalism, but rooted in a concrete analysis of one product: wine, openin[…]

When Santas Clash!
“Some of them are believed to have overindulged in alcohol…”[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 10[…]

Pub Science Experiment #1
Pub 6: The Railway, Station Rise, SE27
Category: Railway
There’s no mistaking the Railwayness of this place. It’s a hop, step and stumble from the side door to the front of Tulse Hill station.
What’s more […]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1974

One Christmas (not sure which) I received the General Electric Show ‘N Tell, a filmstrip-viewer/turntable that looked like a bright red television set. One time when I was bored, I[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 9

(via Culture Schlock Jukebox). “In the first [story], Superman must act when an evil scientist connects every nuclear missile on the planet to the button with which the President is about to light the White[…]

My dark secret!
I was talking about this with Dr T last week and I realised the awful truth….
I don’t really give a monkey’s about the latest round of the ‘rockism debate’. Or much else.
More power and total respect to t[…]

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3: BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Who are Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted “Theodore” Logan? What lessons can we learn from their excellent adventure? Perhaps the only lesson is the piece of philosophy which, onc[…]