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It has been a while since I was last in Lewisham. The stalls are filled with Christmas tat and the reek of new-caught fish. Somewhere deep i...

70 years ago tomorrow, the Crystal Palace burnt down . We were planning on going to commemorative fireworks tonight, but they start too earl...

Just home from a fun tea and biscuits where a commission has been finally hammered out. Joe Lidster went through his list of great concerns...

Have worked my way through all 25 episodes of “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” in the last few weeks. It’s very wordy, and at its best when kept s...

Things, like umbrellas , that bother me: Endnotes. Footnotes are so much friendlier The horrid cold sat under the bridge of my nose which ma...

Shouldn't really complain if the first miserable cold of the season only hits me in late November. But bleurg. Had a good meeting yester...

To entirely avoid Dr Who’s 43rd birthday, my Dr dragged me somewhat kicking and sneering to the theatre. Thérèse Raquin is based on a nove...

The following obviously entails whopping great SPOILERS. Go see the film. You’ll thank me for it. Golly, that what amazing. Even the Dr want...

Off to see Casino Royale tonight, the air alive with spoilers. So there’s just time to finish the overview of all that has gone before. Gold...

I used to have an Old English Sheepdog called Florence (1984-96), who was scruffy and bouncy and liked to chase balloons. She was in no way ...

Greetings from sunny, if cool, Florence. A full report on our exciting stair-climbing actvities will follow another day. In the meantime, he...

Splendid curry with fine folk last night. Discussed Lesvos and Snowdonia, and topics in between. Dawdled tipsily home and, as we agreed glas...

The Dr says I should let people know of Boots and Bonnets . It details the excitingness of dour and sulky men in tight trousers. Men who, ti...

I am back from sunny Stockton and a weekend of not much sleep. Saw some splendid people, made some nice new friends, and got to introduce To...

The Cybermen in Dr Who are a bit of a grisly business. They’re a mash-up of old, worn-out bodies with shiny new kit attached. They’ve replac...

The response of the young folk to yesterday's post is that this blog could be a lot blinger. Imagine! It doesn't flash and bleep or ...

The Dr has asked me to post something special, as she's showing my blog off today. Hello. Has she talked about walking the cat? Blogs ar...

Been ages since I last reported in on Mr Bond , and I’ve only “Die Another Day” still to go. But here’s the notes I had written up so far. T...

Oh hell, I've been wikied .

The Dr reports on a strange phenomena: our local supermarket no longer stocks razor blades in the aisle with the other Man Toiletries. Hence...