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Been a bit caught up in things the last few days but little to show or say for it. A last pitch in for something that closes today (and that...

As it happened there were 12 of us for curry, and as many as two had not ever been employed by happy finish . I cannot count. We got onto fa...

S. and S. invited us round to their flat yesterday, which is on the same road as where my brother used to live. The Dr and H. had also looke...

Dressed up like James Bond for posh cocktails last night, and then 11 of us in our glad-rags trooped round the corner to the local fish and ...

Last night, the Dr finished watched the last of Our Friends In The North , which she'd not ever seen. This time 10 years ago, she might ...

I have 15 minutes to play before my dinner is ready, so this had better be quick. No aural explosion as yet, thanks to those who asked. Mean...

Here is more information than you probably want to know. In our view, it is not suitable to those of you who may have a squeamish dispositio...

The grand tour part 2: Rome A five-hour trip down to Rome from Venice, where I mostly sat opposite a doting, snogging couple sharing one sea...

The grand tour part 1: Venice The boat from the airport took longer than the flight, allowing for some initial impressions. The first deligh...

Hello! Had a lovely time away, and will detail the grand tour just as soon as is practicable and I'm not so tired. Busy catching up with...

Off to Venice first thing tomorrow, so have mostly been doing chores and getting things agreed so they can progress without me. A few new pr...

“It was only commissioned in the first place 'cos Tony Robinson took a year off from Maid Marion.” Russell T Davies, interview for BBC.c...

Due to joyous things last year like our Internet service provider not, er, actually providing much in the way of an Internet service, Nimbos...

With a week to go before the proper release of V for vendetta at the pictures , here's something I originally wrote for my MA in spacesh...

"There's not many kids that got into fights in the street because some kid calls your dad a 'reactionary class traitor'. It...

...and hello to everyone who's found their way here from Neil's journal . My, but there are a lot of you. I'll just put the kett...

My interview with Dave McKean is now live, to accompany my review of Mirrormask . Enjoyed Nimbos blogging our trip to the goth wossname at...

“Einstein refused to accept quantum mechanics fully. And even Niels Bohr, one of the central pioneers of quantum theory, and one of it’s str...

Many things to speak of, which I don't have time for right now. Some writing things happening, and work all very busy. Some films and an...

After getting it howlingly wrong yesterday – thanks to everyone who posted – I’ve read up a bit on the Tripartite system . Blimey. Had assum...