The coverage of Afghan War in British media is really quite pathetic. The only thing the tv and newspapers are all interested in is that the British soldiers are dying. You'd think they just sit all day in their camps and get mortared, or drive around trucks and get blown up by mines ( Read more... )

 So after a month of looking all over West London, we've unexpectedly decided on a flat that's... one floor above ours. 

Foxtons estate agents are ASSHOLES*.

*) even greater than any other estate agents

... if the burqa is just "an expression of culture and tradition" instead of instrument of oppression - why are their husbands wearing jeans and t-shirts? 

Ooh, Jack Dee hosts "I Haven't A Clue" ! Might be a better choice than the last one...

Marlon Brando vs Laurence Olivier

Richard Burton vs Laurence Olivier

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Whoever came up with the idea of a 'kitchenette' in a flat should be beaten repeatedly with a two-hob electric oven.

"In 2000, a biography of Elizabeth Taylor suggested that Richard Burton may have had an affair with Laurence Olivier"

Now who will draw me a slash of THAT? 

Watching "Omohide Poro Poro" for the first time after ten years (only now I feel I can really appreciate that low-key movie) I think I've finally nailed what makes Japan the best-portrayed nation in cinema. Why I seem to have known every street, every house, every garden as if I've lived there for years, something I never experienced even in London ( Read more... )

Turns out "The Black Smoke Band" which played for War of the Worlds consists of ( Read more... )