Heading home from a party, I thought I'd enjoy the annual treat of the 24-hour tube - but ended up on the bus instead, thanks to an excuse that'll take some beating as the best one of 2007.Piccadilly Line services are currently suspended eastbound due to a fight in progress at Caledonian Road. The police are in attendance, and once they're ( Read more... )

Tonight's viewing has been It started with Swap Shop - a look back at 30 years of Saturday morning kids' telly. It did begin with programmes from somewhat before my time, but it was fun to see how it all started. The real nostalgia for me began with Going Live! - as well as being unmissable at the time for me and my sister, my great aunt used to ( Read more... )

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I should probably have been spending this evening packing and generally getting organised for heading home tomorrow (my flight, fingers crossed, is looking a dead cert, but I also now have a ticket on the last train to Glasgow, which may end up being a gift to anyone I find at the airport who's looking a bit stranded. Provided they have a Young ( Read more... )

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Flicking through the TV listings, I see that Channel 4 are showing The Core this Sunday. I've not seen it since it was out at the cinema, where mattbrough I were possibly close to being ejected for laughing too much. As far as I can tell, it attempts to play itself off as a serious sci-fi. But it's brilliance lies in its sheer crapness ( Read more... )

I'm not quite a Money Saving Expert, but I do try ( Read more... )

Who needs to know this?

Ben Folds is playing in London in January!

But I'll be at Wood Norton again. Bugger.