Journalism (ish) I usually skip over the columnists in 'The Guardian' -- I prefer my fellow amateurs , but something in Simon Hogg...

Umm... Huh, huh ... see if you can spot the deliberate mistake in the presentation of this somewhat previous but affectionate interview w...

Gallery space First there was an exhibition which consisted of only empty walls and floors. Now there's a whole museum and I'd fo...

Theatre Shakespeare didn't write any of his plays as we see them now. This isn't as controversial a statement as it might at firs...

Blog! It's about time for another blogging superstar so today we'll pay homage to Jason Kottke . He's the most linked to blog...

Film Well at least we'll have something to watch on TV, Christmas 2004.

Geography When younger I was always resolute in wanting to visit Milton Keynes and Transylvania , mostly because I liked the sound of the...

Age I found myself in a discussion with my fellow co-workers today about the relative merrits of todays top pop acts. The crux of the mat...

Nature The City of York is facing a rat epidemic , and not even the Pied Piper can save them. People are used seeing foxes and grey squir...

Liverpool Life The 51st State, a new movie set in Liverpool is released. Local website grabs interview with 'Hollywood Heavyweight....

Archeaology The BBC's Treasure Hunt for missing and 'lost' material has published its findings . A few bits and pieces to coo...

Rings You've seen the trailer. Now hear the entire Lord of the Rings soundtrack on-line . As real world magician David Blane might s...

Space I'm not completely breathing a sigh of relief, but the odds of the human race being wiped out by an asteroid hitting the Earth h...

Blog! I'm including this for having the wordiest title for a weblog I think any of us has seen. It's full title is Obeying the In...

What? The Belarus News website hasn't been updated since 11 September -- a bit far from New York isn't it?

Quiz I am 12% Raver I am not surprised...

Charity China Daily reports a benefit concert to aid the work of the Theatre of the Silence: "The theatre encourages participation b...

Starstruck Two days. Four celebrities? You decide... Yesterday morning saw Geoffrey McGivern ( Ford Prefect in the radio version of T...

Title image is of course Jewel , whose new album has just been released in the US . Spent much of last night listening to 'Pieces of Y...

Rings New Zealand appoints minister for Tolkien affairs : "The first ''Minister of Lord of the Rings'' -- as the Kiw...