A few words on 'The Hour', the 6 part series that was on the BBC recently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012rwmc


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They're knocking down the building opposite at work. Not surprising really, they're knocking down most of Victoria. However, today we spotted two large digging vehicles at work - on the roof of the building. It's almost worth taking a photo of. It could be something to do with the gigantic jib that I spotted parked in the road behind Billy Elliot ( Read more... )

Indeed, a lawyer named Joseph Goldstein from New York said that '...his alleged doctrines are just cheap, tawdry, worn out, patched up fetishes and propositions, devised for the misleading of people.' Strong stuff for 1940. Mind you, if you want to upset people then giving a lecture entitled 'Why I Am Not A Christian' would be a good way to start ( Read more... )

The week's madness continued - Friday was with Phil in Wetherspoons, Saturday was in Ipswich with Mike and Richard plus family and friends for Mike's birthday. Sunday was car hunting, clothes shopping and parent visiting. Plus that's three nights in a row of eating restaurant food ( Read more... )

Abandon ship, Captain Jackerino! Torchwood got too hot for me last week, the strange mixture of boredom, horror and occasional moments of brilliance was a heady brew for a time, but there comes a point where you just have to Jack it all in. Look, I know Winston from Ghostbusters is in it tonight, but it's too little, too late. Hell, I wouldn't ( Read more... )

Which I went to see on Monday and it was absolutely superb. More on that in a minute, first a list of things I've done over the past week ( Read more... )

It's been a long time. I haven't seriously listened to Joy Division in years, possibly since before University. They were a huge part of my teen years, from my 'discovery' of New Order in 1993 to the taking of my A-Levels and finishing at school ( Read more... )

I had my first ever train-related panic attack today ( Read more... )

While I've been having a quiet weekend (aside from a lovely visit from Andrew Clancy on Saturday evening) there's been people starting fires and / or rioting (!) in Tottenham. Reading the news-site reports, the fires were started by faceless individuals because somebody was shot or something for some reason ( Read more... )

Apologies, this is philosophical rambling ( Read more... )