The last week of September was pretty insane. There were a couple of days where I clocked in 11 hours at work and when I wasn’t in the office, I was asleep. It always is madness at the start of semester, so goodness knows why I arranged two things to do in London. I’m clearly … More Richard Ayoade and Adam Buxton
At the beginning of the year, I challenged myself to read 90 books in 2017, which is three more than I read last year. I’ve made a strong start and have even been able to branch out from my normal fiction favourites into a very different area. I’ve never been a ‘self-help’ book person but … More Stuff is good
I was not a very worldly teenager. I hadn’t travelled, wasn’t too hot on pop culture or current events, tended to watch whatever my parents watched on TV. You could almost say a bit sheltered. So when I saw Adam Buxton dressed as a Klingon singing a terrible song about Star Trek: The Next Generation, … More Adam and Joe – Live at the BFI
I’ve had a peculiar fascination with crime and punishment for as long as I remember. Growing up, various members of my family worked at Broadmoor Hospital and my grandparents practically lived next door so summers were spent playing in the shadows of the walls. It’s not as odd as it sounds, I promise. I also had a weird obsession … More The moaning wind went wandering round the weeping prison-wall
My Mother-In-Law always find fascinating things to do in London, and a few weeks ago she mentioned that she’d booked a couple of events for the Heritage Open Days. I clicked around the website and saw so many places I wanted to visit, but one immediately jumped out at me – a National Trust tour … More If a building becomes architecture, then it is art
Once again, I’ve tried to spend every spare moment reading, and have reached a tally of 81 books completed in 2015 (possibly a couple more if I can get them done by Friday). I’ve read a few books this year that others raved about but I didn’t get at all – Fates and Furies by … More Book review 2015
My poor neglected blog. I don’t want to fall into the trap of always having to start a post with an apology for not posting more frequently, but here we are. Work is exhausting and when I’m not working, I’m sleeping. I did manage to get to the cinema twice over the passed few weeks … More It’s just busy work to make you feel like you’re contributing
Another photo of Dr Buckles on his bike signals another Bug review. I’ll need to think of more creative ways to photograph his lovely cycling pre-credits sequence. As with the last Bug, I didn’t love all of the songs, but I have become obsessed with one of them at least: Robin Schulz’s Sugar is insanely … More They’d Better Be Building a Kitchen – Bug 48
The Southbank Centre is currently in the midst of their Festival of Love – a summer of music, art, and exhibitions culminating in a weekend of weddings at the end of August. I would dearly love to get married on the South Bank (which, as this blog has established, is one of my favourite places … More The pleasure, the privilege is mine
This short film nearly made Tim poop himself. I mentioned this in my last post but it warrants mentioning again. Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared is a “musical horror” series, currently up to episode 4. It was created by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling, two insanely talented people who have also created music videos, other short films, and … More Clever, I’m very clevery guy
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