I feel a current affinity with Dr Who, being that I’m now the subject of a Cyber attack (not quite the Cybermen but pretty close) from entities known as Referrer Spam. These internet nasties have found the blog that no one reads and are filling … Continue reading Doctor Who – Before the Flood
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
I’ll let you in on a secret. Most kids TV is enjoyed more by the grown-ups than the kiddie demographic. Ok, maybe that isn’t such a well kept secret. I’m old enough to remember the original clangers. They were a pretty weird bunch even in … Continue reading The Clangers – Cbeebies
Peter Kay's Car Share came to the end of the road last Friday (May 22nd, 9.30 pm) and I just wanted to put it out there; Peter Kay is a bona fide, comedy GENIUS. I'm not going with Comedy God, King of Comedy or any other … Continue reading Peter Kay’s Car Share
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
YouTube - a playground for the amateurs, the professionals, the activists, the nutters, the gamers, the singers, the wannabees, the Vloggers, the babies and the cats. ITube, YouTube, TheyTube, we all watch the Tube, via sound and picture bites just long enough to hold the … Continue reading YouTube is 10 years old
2015 marks 150 years since the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Last Saturday the BBC looked at the life of its author in 'The Secret World of Lewis Carroll', drawing some disturbing, although not surprising, conclusions about the nature of this very private man. … Continue reading The Trial of Lewis Carroll
Wallace: Hey up lad, she’s writing an article about us for that internet contraption thingy. Me: It’s for my blog - Charlie's Mum's Blog. I thought I'd do an article in an interview style, sort of makes you come 'alive' for the readers. I mean you … Continue reading Wallace and Gromit: Is This The End?
Charlie's Mum's Blog 