Daily Archives: December 26, 2013

My new iPad has already paid for itself: I watch Gangster Squad on the train to Oxford. Gangster Squad is OK. It’s kind of The Untouchables on steroids. Sean Penn is a bit beyond criticism these days but I don’t like him so much … Continue reading →

Being in work in December has led to far more drinking than the last two Decembers when I have had most of the month off work. Tonight was a another few drinks where I would just go out for a … Continue reading →

So the man who decides stuff at the place of work has decided the people who do my job should have their picture on the website on certain pages. Rather than just allow some police artist to sketch us – … Continue reading →

NME put out their list of their top 50 albums of the year several weeks ago disappointingly: there goes one of the things I (still) buy the Christmas NME for. The good news, if you care about things such as … Continue reading →

Trying to write some kind of review of the year in film is somewhat complicated by not having seen a lot of the runners and riders. The 400 films released every week make it difficult to stay on top of … Continue reading →