Meme "Go into your archive, find your 23rd post (or closest to), find the fifth sentence (or closest to) and post the text of the sen...

Life It's been an odd day. The idea was that I'd have a break from college work, sit around watch a few films, do as little as po...

TV I've just watched Basil Brush win The Weakest Link , beating Christopher Biggins in the final. I think it must be nearly Christmas...

del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! Tell's its own story. So I guess in the not too distant future I'll have one log in for delicious, yahoo...

I've always had a great admiration for the printed word. I've been a reader of books, magazines, and newspapers for most of my life....

Nostalghia A fan site for Andre Tarkovsky Complete Guide to Jennifers @ MetaFilter Someone doesn't read the guidelines with hill-a...

Lying on the beach in Sperlonga in Italy after a rainstorm had left the sand marked with the pattern of raindrops. It had rained the day bef...

Film In the spirit of all this, I managed something I've always wanted to do this evening. The Cornerhouse in Manchester held a Actor...

I have now returned to France after a couple of years living in my adopted home of London England. I enjoyed here very much, your eccentric ...

2005 was a year of two halves for me; two halves very much defined by weblogging. I have maintained a weblog for several years now and while...

Eye Level The Smithsonian Art Museum has a weblog which is just the sort of thing institutions like this should be doing. I would imag...

Film Just dropping by to recommend L' Auberge Espagnole or as it's known in the UK, Pot Luck . This is an excellent ramshackle f...

Photography The Start Line Originally uploaded by Contrived . There was a Santa Dash in Liverpool City Centre at the weekend and this is on...

It is 4:30 in the morning on September 30th 2005 and I'm sitting on platform 13 of Manchester Piccadilly railway station waiting for the...

The idea of joining a gym was only something that I had become comfortable with a couple of years ago, which is impressive because my ma has...

Cinematical Seven: Great movie critics They forgot Mark Kermode. But then it is an American list ... Kevin Smith answers his online critics ...

When I saw the invitation to describe a moment when I succeeded in doing something that I've always wanted to do, I foolishly pounced up...

TV "I'd done a lot of radio at this point, so being live wasn't so bad. The thing about television is, you can't see the ...

Life Christmas shopping trip in Manchester today so that I can make the most of the season ticket I have for the train. Managed to buy so...

Causality and the Invisible Girl 2005 has been good to me. I have bought a house, gone abroad twice, begun a job I enjoy, started to do mus...