My local shop is playing the Alien soundtrack which has added a certain frisson to picking up my semi-skimmed

Wintry Mix sounds like a three-piece girl-band from the early 2000s

A US-backed coup? In Latin America? Unprecedented!

Wintry Mix sounds like a three-piece girl-band from the early 2000s

NO-ONE CAN FIND THE CREAM

My local shop is playing the Alien soundtrack which has added a certain frisson to picking up my semi-skimmed

Well, the FIFA Peace Prize people really have egg on their faces

New Years, new me. Not like those other 42 times.

Ah shit, I nearly went the whole year without thinking about the Roman Empire

READING 2025: Enjoyed the always compelling (if sometimes problematic) BALKAN TRILOGY by Olivia Manning, especially after briefly visiting Bucharest a couple of years ago and falling a little bit in love with it.

I’m very tired from all this sitting and eating

A screenshot from a question website. The question says "Anonymous asked in Pets › Dogs • 13 hours ago Is magic bad for dog? I'm working on slight of hand magic tricks and practice in my house a lot. Sometimes in front of dogs. Am I hurting their brains when I'm blowing their minds?"

I think about this a lot

READING 2025: Went on a Kazuo Ishiguro run in March filling in some of my blanks from his back catalogue: PALE VIEW OF THE HILLS, WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS and re-read the wonderful, dream-like THE UNCONSOLED

THEM: We’re looking for a film that feels more… authored.

ME: it was authored. By me.

A special day, on which we celebrate the noble box, that lets us carry the many as though they be but one

I made it 30-40% more authored and they still didn’t want it ;)

Sounds like a good deal!

Never seen this so devastatingly and lucidly articulated.

THEM: We’re looking for a film that feels more… authored.

ME: it was authored. By me.

Putting turkey in sandwiches, curries, pies, using it as cavity wall insulation, stuffing mattresses with it, putting it beneath acrobats to break their fall

The prosthetics in this Colin Firth movie are incredible #KingsSpeech

There were reportedly tensions on set between Caine and Rizzo the Rat, a notorious method actor, who refused to break character even when the cameras weren’t rolling

God bless us, every one.

Bit sad (especially at this time of year) but we had an accident at ours last night. Everyone’s okay, but I’m santa now.

Maybe the grinch just hated capitalism?

Maybe the grinch just hated capitalism?

In accordance with the tradition

In accordance with the tradition

THE FLY (1986)