Mar
31
The spring clean continues, since today looks like a day for staying in, rather than going out.
Happy Easter to those who note it.
Happy Excuse For A Long Weekend to the rest.
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Mar
30
March 30, 2002 | 3 Comments
Well, with the inevitability caused by her age and infirmity, The Queen Mother has died. After Princess Margaret’s death last month, I’d have to say that this is not shaping up to be a great Golden Jubilee Year for Her Maj.
I hope no one was planning on watching anything specific on TV tonight - […]
Mar
30
March 30, 2002 | 4 Comments
I can’t help thinking that Radio 4’s much-touted effort to make itself more relevant to people who wouldn’t traditionally be seen as part of its audience is stumbling slightly. This morning, the travel programme Excess Baggage ran a programme, quite sensibly timed for a holiday weekend, on ‘Travelling With Children’. The problem I […]
Mar
29
My original plan for this long weekend was to do some fairly major bathroom DIY - build a partition on which I can install the power shower, install the power shower, tile right round the bath and basin area , put some shelves in, change the light fitting, fix a new mirror - you get […]
Mar
28
March 28, 2002 | 2 Comments
Not a good week for the movie business: Billy Wilder died today.
I’ve been reading online obituaries, and I’m not ashamed to say that I’m a bit emotional. The man was a giant among film makers - look at his credits: He wrote and/or directed some of the finest Hollywood films *ever*; the […]
Mar
28
March 28, 2002 | 4 Comments
How visible are you?
Online, that is. I’ve been having a discussion over email about the impact we make on the web. Generally, do a search on my name, and this site will appear relatively high (except that Google isn’t spotting me so much these days in one of those odd Google-glitches that comes […]
Mar
27
Goodbye Dudley Moore.
Mar
27
March 27, 2002 | 3 Comments
I haven’t watched E.R. on a regular basis for a couple of years, at least, but I left a tape running last week and recorded an episode from the middle of the eighth season, and I have to ask, has anyone else noticed that Maura Tierney is a complete *star*? Laura Innes’ role has […]
Mar
27
The Oscar-analysis continues, with this entertaining piece in Salon pulling at some of the more obvious loose threads, though I disagree with a couple of the targets, the overall theme is spot on.
[Via Graham]
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Mar
27
March 27, 2002 | 2 Comments
Ho hum. So BBC ONE is replacing the globe in its station idents with films of people dancing in various locations around the UK. Personally, I can’t see what the fuss is about - apart from the fact that they’ve managed to reinvent the globe several times over the years, and I think […]