Monday, 29 July 2013

The Bling Ring, Pacific Rim and Now You See Me

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I think that Sofia Coppola may have peaked with Lost In Translation.  Her new movie The Bling Ring was a huge disappointment. And it was suc...
Saturday, 20 July 2013

Tring Book Club - The Great Gatsby and The Secret History

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The Great Gatsby  was a very different book than I thought it would be, but in a good way. It's reputation as F. Scott Fitzgerald's ...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Holiday in Northumberland

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We did enjoy our previous holiday in Northumberland and Durham, but we never got further north than Hadrian's Wall. This time we based o...
Friday, 5 July 2013

Dido, Thea Gilmore, Natalie Maines and Eliza Gilkyson

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The new album from Dido Girl Who Got Away is not really music to my ears. Her choice of electro pop backing is a strange experiment, and not...
Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Safe Haven, World War Z and The East

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In a week when I discounted the main release that was  Man of Steel, I found myself at Senior Screen on a Wednesday morning to see Safe Have...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Tour De France Highlights - ITV4

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With the risk of repeating my posting of 26th July 2010, I cannot think of another sports event where the highlights programme is so much ...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013

The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, Skios and Swimming Home

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More of a thriller than the dramas I normally choose. But it is not a crime thriller.  The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Simon Mawer is a ho...