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Monthly Archives: May 2009
A couple of scary toons
Leading on from the previous post, these two prime examples of the form are both beautifully made and deeply, wrongly disturbing. The last shot of this one has stayed with me for a very long time. Lazy critics will call … Continue reading
Best Horror Movie Of The Year
Presented without comment apart from my breathless admiration: Who’s Hungry? by David Ochs.
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You want a constitutional crisis? You’ll have to do better than this.
I do not write about politics very much, for reasons that will become blatantly obvious below. Wrongheadedness, unfocussed ranting and eye-watering naiveté are part of the territory, I’se afraid. You have been warned. So, Michael Martin becomes the latest high-profile … Continue reading
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Straight 8 at Cannes
A quicky from Nick Scott, super 8 film-maker extraordinare: This could be appallingly premature given that I haven’t actually seen the film myself (!) but tomorrow night, at the same time as the straight8 films screen in Cannes, they are … Continue reading
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Daily Bread
I love making bread. I’m a sucker for the fug of a fresh-baked loaf, especially when I’m together enough to get the breadmaker going overnight, to be woken by the warm, yeasy scent drifting up the stairs. Regardless of what … Continue reading
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Photos Of Cambridge
Photos taken by the talented and debonair Dominic Wade of the Sick Puppy boys at play in Cambridge can now be found on my Flickr stream RIGHT HERE. Ain’t we gorgeous?
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A Short Conversation Following The Purchase Of A Wii Fit
Me: Phew, I’m knackered. Clare: Well, you’ve been exercising all night. Me: No, not really. Just some yoga stuff. Breathing right and standing up straight. Clare: Yes, I can see how that’d be a problem for you. I swear, sometimes … Continue reading
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I promise success will not change me…
A sunny Friday afternoon in Cambridge. Thinking Girl’s Crumpet Clive and I are in town for the Super 8 festival, where for reasons that remain pleasingly unclear, Code Grey is in competition. Always up for a party if nothing else, … Continue reading
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