We all have a favourite children’s book we remember from those early years. In my case it was a toss-up between Peter Rabbit and Miffy, with Dick Bruna’s disarmingly simple creation winning by a (twitching) nose. But if I’d seen… Continue Reading →
I recently gave a fellow volunteer at the William Morris Society a few tips about Twitter. Even if you’re a William Morris aficionado, you probably haven’t heard of the eponymous Society that boasts only a handful of followers on the… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVdLIvcNRE&w=560&h=315] Christina Ricci’s unfeasibly large head turned out to be the most eye-catching feature of Pan Am‘s pilot episode. I’m exaggerating, of course, but no more than the carping British TV critics who built up BBC2’s new US import… Continue Reading →
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXkmL3T0xPI&w=560&h=315] “You stole five years of that man’s life” said an angry Paul (Steven Mackintosh) at the end of ITV1’s five-part legal drama The Jury. He’d recently found out that the attractive blonde (Lisa Dillon) who’d been wooing him… Continue Reading →
“It’s been dross from the start, I never understood the appeal.” (Guardian reader, @thedozerator, 4 November 2011) As you probably know, Season Two of Downton Abbey comes to an end tonight on ITV1. Short bursts of badly scripted and indifferently… Continue Reading →
It’s the hyperbolic paraboloid roof you notice now. But as a child on a school visit to the Commonwealth Institute in the 70s, cutting edge 60s architecture wasn’t on my radar. The Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street opened its… Continue Reading →
Maggie Siff’s deepening frown line is turning into the dermatological equivalent of the San Andreas Fault. Holy shit, it’s the Oirish episode of Sons of Anarchy! Last night 5USA, the armed and (extremely) dangerous Freeview channel, showed the latest episode… Continue Reading →
Waterstone’s has turned itself into a slightly more upmarket version of the Woolworths “Pick ‘n’ Mix” sweet counter. It was cheap, convenient and available all year round. Now the ubiquitous Waterstone’s 3-for-2 book promotion has ended, leaving book clubs and… Continue Reading →
The final episode of The Hour will air on BBC2 later tonight. Plenty has been written about the show over the past month, but I think we can all agree that this was not the British answer to Mad Men…. Continue Reading →
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