Introduction I don't read enough books. I keep being mistaken for someone who is really well read when in fact I can only think about...

Photography It's really snowing! Originally uploaded by feelinglistless .

The Weather It's snowing!

That Day I worked today for the first time in years and really ... never again. It wasn't what I was doing exactly (although some asp...

Given that in fact I've hardly watched any television this year, you'll notice this section of Not The Real Review 2004 is slightly ...

Photography Christmas Lights Originally uploaded by feelinglistless . On the ceiling of our balcony.

According to this month's SFX , the word 'cookie' comes from the 18th century Dutch word kookje the diminutive of kook or cake...

Music Since we've already established that I can't write about music the following is going to be exciting as I present the second...

Photography Christmas Tree Originally uploaded by feelinglistless . Here is our Christmas tree this year.

Male reindeers shed their antlers in the midwinter. Which means that if the reindeer which pull Santa's sleigh have antlers they must b...

Film In a quietly amazing year for film with World Cinema and Independent film making even greater inroads to mainstream recognition and t...

Links for 2004-12-20 [del.icio.us] Xbox and PC owners get to delve into the depths of San Andreas from summer 2005 I somehow don't t...

Links for 2004-12-19 [del.icio.us] Space Invaders Arcade Machine Replicas for sale. Try putting one of these in your front room. artfor...

Life The decorations are up, the tree is decorated. Getting the tree was the mini-adventure. After visiting the shop to pick the tree ou...

Edinburgh's Carlton Hill features one of the world's greatest architectural anomalies. In 1816, a memorial project was initiated to...

Film Just dipping in as I clean my teeth to recommend to everyone that one of this year's great films Stage Beauty turns up on BBC Tw...

Links for 2004-12-16 [del.icio.us] Dark Materials film-maker quits "It will be an extraordinary film, but at this point in my life ...

The Buses On my home tonight. I've run like mad again to get to the bus and I'm the last person getting on. To save me and the d...

The town planning department in Liverpool must have been literature buffs at some time in their history. In the L20 area, we find a slew of...

Links for 2004-12-14 [del.icio.us] RSS frenzy Nice Metafilter thread which rounds up the RSS buzz and why I'm now working my way thr...