TV Evening. Well then yes, ok, there wasn’t a possible scenario in which I wouldn’t write about Doctor Who on Doctor Who night, especia...

Written by Mary Schmich [from the single: 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)', EMI, 2000] Five pieces of music which mak...

Music Musical artists having their music given away free has a range of implications, so it was with a deep breath and heavy sigh when I w...

TV While I continue to ponder what I'll be doing after Doctor Who on Saturday night, here's what's happening in some other m...

Dance Find above the opening ceremony for the current Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing which I watched this afternoon, and, frankly, it...

TV You will have read about this everywhere else already but in an unexpected or not unexpected move, the BBC, or more specifically the iP...

Books More proof, as if you needed it, that everything is just about Doctor Who. Not having read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, I...

TV In an surprising move, the BBC's official Doctor Who site has released this complete episode guide to the new series . Previously ...

Politics The one occasion I gave in to a chugger was outside the old Blockbuster Video on Allerton Road. It was a rainy day, I was in a f...

Music As well as watching the extraordinary performance of the Team GB athletics people at the European championships this afternoon, I wa...

Film Heavily abbreviated list this week (and a bit back catalogue at that) because I've been catching up on Veronica Mars, The Honor...

"I met Bill Murray once and I was like can't even can't get started, I can't talk to you."

Composed by W.G. Snuffy Walden [from: 'My So-Called Life: Original Soundtrack', 1995] Music  There is something gut wrenching ...

Art Having studious attempted to ignore seeing much of the exhibition at the press event , today I had the opportunity to see the John Moo...

Film Non-film viewing activity this week largely involved the BBC's superb coverage of the World War I commemorations on Monday, cov...

Film  Coming soon to a cinema near you is a brand new, as distributor Eureka suggests definitive restoration of director Robert Weine’s G...

[from: 'Eroica: Piano Improvisions', Virgin, 1990] Music Looking over the compilation I’m not sure now what I was trying to ac...

Music If the Circle was in NYC, but I couldn't think of a better punning post title. The second best thing about the video is the g...

Art Ridiculous. Ridiculous, ridiculous, ridiculous. This is ridiculous. How ridiculous? I’ve just spent an hour this afternoon sat on ...