You could cook a couple of eggs and maybe a rasher of bacon right now on this precious stone set in the silver sea. It’s hot. The ambient temperature was 25°C yesterday and expected to rise to 30° plus today. The Met Office has issued … Continue reading Mad Dogs and Englishmen…….
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Final Episode
JS & Mr N came to a spell-binding climax last night. Apparently viewing figures plummeted during its 7 week run, a bit like Jonathan Strange's self-induced plummet into madness. Well, those who accepted an invitation to this Regency dance (and there was an awful lot … Continue reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Final Episode
Where the Bad Things Are
I don’t read the newspapers – ever; but then how many people read an actual newspaper these days? Your average Joe Public, whilst suffering the daily commute by train into work, is more likely to be discovered digesting recent world events via his iPad, Smartphone … Continue reading Where the Bad Things Are
Jurassic World – A Review (major spoilers)
Never in 65 million years did I think I’d be glad to see a T-Rex break free from its enclosure – and I’m kind of hoping that the T-Rex in question is the same T-Rex featured in the 1993 original Jurassic Park. But there I … Continue reading Jurassic World – A Review (major spoilers)
The Shock Rock Horror is 40 Years Old
IT’S ASTOUNDING.......BUT TIME IS FLEETING…... and this year marks the 40th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie version.) We know this film is now a cult classic, after flopping miserably when it opened at the box office, and holds the record for the … Continue reading The Shock Rock Horror is 40 Years Old
Are You Down With the Urban Lingo?
One of my tiny band of Facebook brothers (and sisters) recently commented on a friend's particularly striking selfie photo. The comment read: 'hair on point, outfit goals, totes on fleek'. Mystified I turned to the internet for an explanation and discovered a whole new … Continue reading Are You Down With the Urban Lingo?
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Most viewers, I imagine, would have found the scene where the young girl rises from the dead - featured in Sunday night's first instalment of the adaptation of Susanna Clarke's 2004 novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - a suitably alarming and magical moment, as the … Continue reading Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
I Worry, therefore I Am
Your average human body contains a ridiculous number of atoms - 7 billion, billion, billion to be exact - and 99% of those atoms belong to the chemical elements Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O), the remaining 1% being micro-stuff that doesn't really show … Continue reading I Worry, therefore I Am
Will there be Life on Mars?
Just recently five British nutjobs…..I mean five of our bravest and smartest citizens….were chosen to join the other 95 successful, international lunatics…..er candidates….to begin training as astronauts for the Mars One mission which, if you believe the folks out there in the Netherlands, is still going ahead … Continue reading Will there be Life on Mars?
Fancy going on Vacation with T-Rex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFinNxS5KN4 Based on these trailer shots, who wouldn't want a once in a lifetime trip to the very Disney-like Jurassic World. It probably would be just the once too, as things look to be going downhill pretty fast there on Isla Nublar. Put it this … Continue reading Fancy going on Vacation with T-Rex?
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