TV According to this email I’ve just received, SRO Audiences are looking for punters to watch a new show: “Hi there! We thought that y...

Obituary Factory Records founder Tony Wilson has died . The first uncling I had he was even unwell was during the past couple of weeks wh...

Oceanography I found out today that Britain is 'tilting' with Scotland going upwards and the south of England going downwards like...

Music By my calculations, tonight's Prom 36 marks the half way point for my prom marathon (for want of a better description). Since ...

Nature I was naturally very sad to hear about the probable extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin particularly since it was one of specie...

I’ve always wanted to visit Oldham. Not in the same way as New York, probably, but there’s always been some latent curiosity. It developed...

Books The Taking of Planet 5 opens with a rather wonderful, new series friendly idea.  The Doctor and his plus two pitch up in Professor Mi...

TV [Spoiler.][Possibly maybe.] Casting news for Doctor Who. Although this one has a ring of plausibility surrounding it. Despite the so...

Music Yesterday's sound of silence was explained at the opening of You and Yours on Radio Four today -- there was a fire alarm at th...

Film Well, I'm glad someone has said something. Andrew Collins explains what's wrong with the BBC's new British Film Forever ...

Music In me best Radio Times letter writing style: Dear Radio Times, Just before one o'clock on Monday 6th August, Radio 3 dropped fro...

Books  You’ve got to love Doctor Who sometimes.  Any other series would have followed the experimental Interference with a nice, light gen...

TV [Definite spoiler] [Honestly this time] Torchwood casting news (in the comments). [From the comments: Richard Briers is to be in ...

Music Because of it's associations outside of Elgar's Enigma Variations (as the wikipedia puts it: "This variation has becom...

Books  Before ploughing ahead, I’d like to begin with an offer. I actually received the Interference books from someone at the Bookcrossing...

Film Posters for Bratz: The Movie have been popping up all over town, four fresh young female yet slightly anonymous faces, apparently an...

About I'm wanting to buy a USB Freeview thingy for my computer. Does anyone have any experience of these and/or can they recommend a ...

Music Last night's Prom 29 given by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Mark Elder was one of, if not the best...

TV From the Comic-Con: "Edgar Wright was asked to direct the first episode of the new Doctor Who series, and he turned it down. Nic...

[Spoiler] Casting news. In the comments. [Not Spoiler] Utter nonsense. Steven Moffat himself posting at Outpost Gallifrey : "Th...