A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Even for someone like me whose single step would preferably be into the back of a chauffeur driven, mini-bar equipped limousine, this holds. The reason I bring up this trite aphorism? Because, […]

The shame of the (not-so) secret RI:SE fan 4 days left… Iain Lee
RI:SE’s last week and the source for much fun-hater joy. But I for one (quite literally the only one) will be bereft. Nothing else can quite fill the gap before Bewitched/Ki[…]

I wrote this a month ago and it has languished in my bag for so long (for the length to do Mac to PC conversion). Already Little Britain, a BBC3 exclusive, has transfered to pretty much prime comedy time BBC2….
Two hours of Special BBC Comedy. […]

Soul Mountain – Gao Xingjian
What does it mean to win the Nobel Prize for literature? Alfred Nobel was a scientist, should we therefore assume that it will be for science fiction? The literature prize, even more than the peace prize (but perhap[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 14th December (13%-14%): Green Ginger Wine
It’s a wine, made from green ginger and dried grapes (i.e.raisins), and left for 9 months, which sounds pretty disgusting. I’ve never actually tasted it on […]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 13 December (12%-13%) – Champagne
I’m sure there are lots of good reasons why champagne has become so set as an international festive drink, but it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that its mass p[…]

Art I’ve only heard about #1: Graeme Millar ‘ Linked
Linked is sound art, of a kind. Apparently you borrow a receiver device somewhere deep in the East London ‘ Essex borders and at various points along a route the device will pick[…]

I’m totally serious about the moisturising thing. It’s only been a few days, but one thing has become apparent. Despite the Nivea packaging saying that it is “odour neutral” this is obviously a complete lie ‘ as with mos[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 12th December (11%-12%): Westvleteren 12 11.3%
In ye olden days (actually often not that olden but this is myth, give me a chance), ye godly Belgian Trappist monks took inspiration from the Lord and brewed heave[…]

Of course a REAL mathematician could tell what made this number special just by looking at it[…]