It’s been a busy old couple of months, I’ve moved home from Surrey, which I adored, to Somerset. In that time my reading and film-going have taken a back seat to packing, unpacking, fighting with BT and trying to remember to change addresses with all of the appropriate companies. Things are settling down now…
Top Ten: 2001 Films
13 September 2013 by 2 Comments
A couple of weeks ago on a Facebook film discussion page someone posted a challenge for me to name my Top Ten films of 2001. I could have just left a comment on the page with the list but thought why not go the whole hog and actually write a post. 2001 wasn’t a classic year in film and saw the release of Freddy Got Fingered, Pearl Harbor and Planet of the Apes…
The Sweeney
10 June 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Sweeney was one of the top TV shows of the 1970s. I don’t really remember it, I was only 2 when it ended its three year run and don’t think my parents watched repeats of it. Certainly not when I was in the room anyway. Despite that I have always been aware of the programme…
Top Ten: TV Box-Sets
14 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve started watching TV in a completely new way. I very rarely actually sit down and watch a programme as it is transmitted and there’s several series that I’ve barely seen on television at all..
How TV Box-Sets Have Changed My Life
14 December 2011 by 2 Comments
The development of technology has changed much about how we live our lives. Sometimes these are the big, useful changes like the use of computers in our working days, other changes are smaller and less enjoyable – the self-service checkout…
Downton Abbey: Series 1
16 September 2011 by Leave a Comment
If there’s anything that us Brits can do well it’s the costume drama. No matter what we try to say about being edgy and modern we love a bit of corset. Throw in a bit of upper class snobbery and lower class bitterness and we’re in heaven (ignore the middle classes though, they are no fun at all). Last year ITV1 struck period drama gold with Downton Abbey…