Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2009
OK, so in the past I’ve made sweeping predictions about things that will and won’t be big/happen in the entertainment world. When my flat mate at university first introduced me to the audio offerings of Bloc Party, I said it was “scenester shit” that no one will remember in a year. Cut to twelve months […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2009
Recently I watched two films, one so bad it was good, the other so (to a fashion) good it was bad; both in the space of one week.
The first was surprise box office juggernaut Mamma Mia! It’s very enjoyable, largely because the cast and crew don’t seem to care that what they’re making is an […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2009
Once upon a time there was a band called Mellow Gold… and they didn’t get anywhere. Perhaps it was bad music, perhaps poor management… or perhaps it was that we were named after a supermarket coffee. Who knows. In case it was the latter, Jim, Ben and I would like your help in christening our […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2008
I was at a house party two weeks ago and saw this.
Excuse the camera-phone quality. The person who owns this DVD collection arranges it, more or less, by spine colour! Isn’t that amazing? Most people anal enough to arrange their DVDs into a discernible genre (and I am certainly one of these people) tend to […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2008
Sorry to do this to you, but imagine you’re on a honeymoon with David Cameron. I did say I’m sorry.
Anyway, you’re on your honeymoon with the leader of the opposition, […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 3rd, 2008
Election watchdogs are reporting that 9 million ballot papers were ordered for the 5.9 million registered voters in Zimbabwe. News of this comes […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2008
Last month I spent two weeks in China. I found the Chinese to be kind, hospitable and excited to be hosting one of the world’s […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2008
To improve his Chinese writing Tom, who is studying the language here in Beijing, has started to write a daily diary. He showed me an entry. I understood it all except for one word. No, sorry, I meant to say I didn’t understand any of it except for one word, and that was my name, […]
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