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Devil May Care
Very brief bullet-point review:
- Faulks can sustain a gritty version of Fleming's style indefinitely.
- He respects the continuity of the novels, but I'd say you don't really need to know the Flemings to get the most from this.
- The travelogue aspect is very good, the Iranian setting of most of the novel feels rich and detailed, and the 'local ( Read more... )
- Faulks can sustain a gritty version of Fleming's style indefinitely.
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Joy Division Oven Gloves....
Well, not quite, but the corpse of Ian Curtis is being violated by the sucking evil of Micro$haft.
Unknown Pleasures trainers I can just about cope with, but a Joy Division Zune? No thanks.
What next, a Half Man Half Biscuit GAF Viewmaster? ;) -
(Untitled)
This is the web the way I would've designed it ;)
Goosh.
Perfect Luddite implementation. It makes a lot of sense to me! -
Doctor Who 4x08 "Silence in the Library"
It's that man again.
The triumphs of nu!Who so far have mostly been down to Steven Moffat - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Girl In The Fireplace, Blink and now Silence In The LibraryWhat wasn't perfect about this episode? Hm. The Mac keyboards and the Nomex karting suits worn as spacesuits ( Read more... ) -
I've tasted it - it's the future.
Thanks to matgb for posting this splendid link to The Usborne Book Of The Future. At the tail end of the seventies, post-Winter of Discontent and pre-"oh dearie me we've got a fascist government" this was a veritable Summa Theologica of everything the eleven year old boy could want from The Future. And it had facts in it. Sort of. -
Yum
When the staunchly pedantic lads at the Alishaan call a dish "garlic chilli chicken tikka paneer" that is precisely what you get. And lots of all of it. Just what I needed! -
England, my England
A pot of strong tea, some corned beef, onion and pickle sarnies, a pile of late-1960s copies of Motor Sport, and ISIHAC MP3s. Some of the tea has just come down my nose listening to Willie Rushton singing My Old Man's A Dustman to the tune of The Girl From IpanemaWhat more could anybody want? (Well, there's some dandelion and burdock in the fridge ( Read more... ) -
The apotheosis of populist food
For anyone who loves Russell Davies' (not that one) Eggs, Bacon Chips and Beans and Adrian Maddox' Classic Cafés Caffs blogs, I can heartily recommend George Motz' wonderful Hamburger America. Real people, real stories and real food. You'll also enjoy this if you liked Dave Gorman's non-corporate trip across the USA...
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End of an era?
Sounds like the Togmeister has swigged his last Baileys in the Eurovision commentary box. :(
