“This was a Royal fellowship of death”
Maybe it’s inappropriate to have a favourite war memorial. If so, I apologise. Working at Hyde Park Corner I pass several of the things every day. Most are appropriately solemn but never really[…]

When ILX – or rather Steve M on ILX – came up with the now all-conquering poll format (nominations then votes then drawn-out interactive countdown) I will admit my thought was “too much fannydangle”. But it works, and works we[…]

I don’t remember much about the year 1984. Apart from that bloody Eurythmics song. I blame this.
It’s been updated (20th anniversary) and remains as notoriously difficult as memory serves. It’s a standard text adventure (with a few[…]

“I HAVE KILLED” — Part 2 of 2
(Continued from The Brown Wedge)
Currently, a slew of my fellow citizens are fighting a whole bunch of folks in a far away city that, by all accounts, is little more than a bloody mess now. I can&#8217[…]

“I HAVE KILLED” — Part 1 of 2

A NERVOUS SPLENDOR
by Frederic Morton
My love for history being well-documented, no surprise that this would have caught my attention. By chance at that, but that’s why working at a library is g[…]

You’d think I would know this but…
Is there a proper definition of the point at which simply ‘not shaving’ becomes ‘a beard’? And if not can we science one up please?[…]

Belgium Fannydangle[…]

“Ob-La-Di is cracking – it’s about gender reversal and other things and is very philosophical – the title means ‘life goes on’ – and it does.” – cheap PR fun at BBC Talking Point.[…]

Enough of the rules. How did a typical D&D game actually unfold?
The adventure would begin with a lengthy introduction – very lengthy, in the case of some published modules. It would usually start “It has been many leagues since you l[…]

Watch the closing credits of Kore-Eda’s Nobody Knows very carefully. (Obv watch the whole film first, its pretty damn good, but stick around for the start of the credits even though its slight overlong running time might be putting pressure on […]