Right, then. Just in time for England to get knocked out of the World Cup by Germany, let's do the next (or, possibly, last?) of my posts on football songs, in a vague attempt at whipping up a bit of spirit.

So. "Three Lions", then. Not actually a World Cup song originally, of course - but still just about the greatest football song ever written. ( Read more... )

I should have known that a bad performance in England's opening game - itself something of an inevitability - would have slightly dampened my enthusiasm for spending this week talking about various England-related World Cup songs, and so it's proved. Nevertheless, although I'm scaling back the "post a day" idea, I still want to get a few posts up ( Read more... )

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With the World Cup underway (I'm watching South Africa v. Mexico in another browser window as I type this, having waited until 3pm for my lunch hour so I can catch the whole first half), I've decided to do a bit of blogging about football over the next couple of weeks. Not so much about the on-field happenings of the game itself - there are plenty ( Read more... )

By way of celebrating this blog's Exciting New URL!, let's do another batch of my thoughts on the films I've watched over the past couple of months that I hadn't previously seen. I've slowed down a little with my Lovefilm viewing - partly because my commutes for a month or so were taken up with ploughing through all three seasons of The Big Bang ( Read more... )

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Really wanted this to be utterly great, but sadly it only made it to "good, with some great bits".

It's all well and good giving Rhodes' "War Machine" outfit its proper technical name from the comics at one point, or throwing in a less-than-subtle nod to Captain America, but when it's at the expense of giving proper development to Tony and ( Read more... )

Three weeks in, and I've finally gotten around to getting down some thoughts on the Moffat era of Doctor Who (although not doing so sooner is less through laziness, and more because other people took on Unlimited Rice Pudding!'s reviewing duties for the first two eps). So here's what I had to say about Mark Gatiss' "Victory of the Daleks" - an ( Read more... )

Just sent this to the BBC Trust (trust.enquiries@bbc.co.uk), and I suggest anyone interested in trying to save the station does similar, as it's in the Trust's hands now.

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To whom it may concern,

I am writing regarding the proposals announced this morning regarding the possible closure of BBC 6music and the BBC Asian Network. As a fervently loyal ( Read more... )

Her mother had never really wanted us to go in the first place, but Helen convinced her that she was worrying needlessly. After all, it’s not as if it was an actual nightclub we were going to, where the debauched minions of Baal and other basement idols would gyrate obscenely around us, apeing our innocence and howling their approval at our ( Read more... )