May
31
Series Four
May 31, 2007 | Comments Off
Of New Who that is. The writers are named in the new Doctor Who Magazine, and among points of interest are the fact that Gareth Roberts will be doing a second, after this year’s brilliant The Shakespeare Code. I happen to know the setting for this, and I cannot wait to see what he does […]
May
30
In Other News
May 30, 2007 | Comments Off
I’m part of the BBC’s iPlayer Beta test. Or I will be when i get home and install it. Very exciting.
Maybe that will give me some alternative viewing :-)
May
30
It’s Heeeeere!
May 30, 2007 | Comments Off
Big Brother 07 that is. Starts tonight, runs until doomsday, and according to one of today’s papers it’s going to be an all female house, at least to begin with.
I know I’m doomed. I know that despite raging disinterest on my part it’ll still dominate our house for however long the vile thing runs. I […]
May
29
The footage on Sunday night’s news of campaigners in Moscow being attacked when they tried to petition the mayor of the city for the right to hold a gay rights march was shocking. The punch in the face which Peter Tatchell received was captured on camera, as was a similar assault on Richard Fairbrass.
This is […]
May
28
Roping In His Holiness
May 28, 2007 | Comments Off
I know that the whole point of what Madeleine McCann’s parents are currently doing is to keep their situation in the public eye, and make sure that pressure stays on both the Portuguese police and the abductor, but my already thinning patience with the whole media circus comes close to snapping over the news that […]
May
27
Trad
May 27, 2007 | Comments Off
It’s been quite a few years (fourteen in fact) since I went to one of those weddings that takes place in the local church of the bride’s parents and is followed by a reception in a marquee on their lawn, but yesterday was one such. Barnaby, who has been a mentionee in this blog since […]
May
25
It’s Only A Gameshow
May 25, 2007 | Comments Off
With this year’s UK Big Brother looming, let’s pause to reflect for a moment on the Australian version currently running. The producers have decided that they won’t tell one of the participants that her father has died while she’s in the house. And the participant herself, according to her family, knew that he might die […]
May
24
I’m getting so fucked off about the effort it seems to take to get even the simplest things done in this whole property saga. Between solicitors and freeholders and estate agents, there appears to be no point at which someone won’t gum up the works. I get calls from both buying and selling […]
May
23
Opening Lines
May 23, 2007 | 1 Comment
I heard a thing on the radio the other day where people were discussing their favourite opening lines from novels. Among all the very high-flown items, and several people citing Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier; “Last night I dreamed I went to Manderly again.”, I found myself fondly thinking of my own favourite. […]
May
22
The Hotel Inspector - III
May 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
And just to make it clear that I don’t think our weekend hideaway is completely above criticism: There’s one little detail that they apply which drives me mad. And it’s sugar.
When ordering tea after dinner, a nice pot with proper leaves and a strainer arrives, with cup, saucer, teaspoon and a little biscuit. And a […]