The Road To Beijing Athlete Update.

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Sport   After last night's extraordinary opening ceremony which covered all my bases (Ken!  Sugababes!  TARDIS!  Sir Tim Berners-Lee!) a...

The Road To Beijing Athlete Update.

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Sport Yes, I know. But I'm not sure what else to call this so might as well go with the classic. Archer Larry Godfrey says he's ...

"because he’s dead in the eyes"

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Links   Yesterday I attended the fun fair in Sefton Park.  After the abject terror of the Sky Rider and being tipped upside down with hund...

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

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Schoolboy Oskar Schell sends himself on a mission to find the lock which fits a key he's found in the closet of his father who's rec...

our second annual mid-year Christmas dinner

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Links Today we're a having our second annual mid-year Christmas dinner. Being British and without thanksgiving and with precisely n...

The Adventuress of Henrietta Street.

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Books  Cripes.  If you’ve been bothered with these reviews, you’ll know I’ve been anticipating The Adventuress of Henrietta Street with...

a cool thing related to The Dark Knight Rises

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Film   Allyn Gibson does a cool thing related to The Dark Knight Rises .  Not that you should read it unless you've seen the film.  Spo...

"Batman’s counter-terror measures"

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Film   Batman expert Will Brooker explains what he thinks The Dark Knight Rises is about .  Spoilers.  Spoilers: "Just as Batman Begi...

"I'd love to continue"

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TV  News on a follow up series of The Hollow Crown.   Everyone seems interested according to Pippa Harris co-founder of Neal Street who pro...

there's no public voting

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Art  Emily Speed who was the first person to undergo the trial of The Sunday Seven is in the long list of nominations for a Northern Art P...

a spoilery synopsis that describes most of the plot

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Films  Seen The Dark Knight Rises now and Xan Brooks's review is indeed a spoilery synopsis that describes most of the plot.  It lack...

The Road To Beijing:
London Olympics 2012.

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Olympics  You might remember that this blog used to have a series, The Road To Beijing , which followed a group of athletes in the preparati...

The Sunday Seven.
Keris Stainton.
Writer.

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Keris is an old friend of the blog. Here she is in 2006 asking me about what I thought of Keira Knightley in 2006 and to write a stron...

"Essential Songs About Wheat"

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Links From McSweeneys: " SUGGESTED BUZZFEED ARTICLES ." "The World’s 25 Most Colorful Exit Signs 10 Essential Songs Ab...

WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME !?!

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Music  Why do nobody tell me?  WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL ME !?!  There I was having a quiet morning, bit of blogging, bit of reading, bit...

"philosophically there is a connection"

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About Because sometimes its easier to post things in lists, here are some things I've discovered this week: Some people don't kn...

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"massive overpayments for menial services"

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Links Because sometimes I've not much more to add: Paul Mason notices the parallels in Shakespeare and Middleton's Timon of Ath...

Spinning.

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The Prince of Wales tries his hand at plate spinning , a photo by The British Monarchy on Flickr.

Month three and the great Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who crossover

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Comics Sigh. Month three and the great Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who crossover continues to disappoint. Perhaps I’m expect...