"Yes, I must"

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Travel David Sedaris in China .  Warning -- article contains some scenes of a scatological nature: "Another thing one notices in Chi...

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"perennially familiar for anyone under the age of thirty"

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Film Ultra Culture reviews Eurotrip : "EuroTrip has proved a surprisingly enduring piece of pop cultural currency, and not only in t...

the forefront of the information age

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Science One of the key lectures I remember from my 90s Information Studies degree was about how in the future, people would stop bothering...

Chris Carter was probably cribbing from Whitaker or Holmes.

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TV With its oscillating idioms and content, the Doctor Who franchise is capable of provoking a range of critical responses. Sometimes w...

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On the Sugababes reunion front ...

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Music   We've not been here for a few months, and so here's an update.  The Canderelbabes or "Sugababes" were dropped by t...

Butchery.

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The Prince's Trust: Celebrating 35 years , originally uploaded by The British Monarchy .

an uncomfortable reminder of Abbadon the giant grey Chewits monster

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[Note: Seriously, don't read the following if you haven't heard the episode which is available to download from AudioGo . For that m...

"It’s a period film of a period we just don’t know about."

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Film Here's a transcript of a really impressive presentation from the producers of the new John Carter film in which they explore such...

"Measure for Measure is full of substitutions"

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Journalism Hadley Freeman suggests Murdoch could learn something from Shakespeare and especially from my favourite play : "people pr...

"... I hope you're going to apologise now ..."

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Journalism You might remember this run-in between Chris Bryant MP and Kay Burley last October. Bryant suggested that the phone hacking an...

brought to mind the old time radio adaptations

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[Note: Don't read the following if you haven't heard the episode which is available to download from AudioGo . For that matter, don...

the time when Ianto still provided the coffee

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[ Note: Don't read the following if you haven't heard the episode which is available to download from AudioGo . For that matter, d...

"American voiceover artist"

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Blog! When Lis Met Karen : This is Karen Krisanovich . Karen, as you can see from her website which I have linked above, is a writer; r...

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"narrative history series"

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Radio Four controller Gwyneth Williams brings news of schedule changes . The World at One is being extended by fifteen minutes with the ...

prepare to enter a trance-like state of self-loathing

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Books Caitin Moran’s position in the history of the press reaction to new Doctor Who can’t be underestimated. That this successful tv col...

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"It will remain for British authorities"

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Journalism Carl Bernstein looks for Watergate comparisons in the #notw scandal : "The circumstances of the alleged lawbreaking withi...