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Super Bowl Technical Shortcomings
While it’s a few hours too early to know how many millions of Americans watched this year’s Super Bowl, it’ll certainly be the biggest audience of the year, being the major television event. Even with the Tokyo Olympics still scheduled for this summer, there won’t be as many people watching at one time as there…
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TV Logos Viewers Don’t Understand
Far be it for me to suggest that some elements of TV production deliberately obfuscate information, but here are three things that appear daily on UK TV, but which many – perhaps most – viewers simply don’t understand. There are different reasons for each of them, but they both put information in plain sight, while…
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When Should Athletes Get The Vaccine?
Note: This piece expands a little on a Twitter thread that I published earlier today. Today it was reported that the UAE Team Emirates cycling team had all received the Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine while they attended an Abu Dhabi winter training camp. The team counts among its members, the 22 year-old Tour de France…
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New Year’s Day TV 2021 – Radio Times
As we depart 2020, and reach the final pages of our double issue of the Radio Times, I present the final excerpt from my annotated edition. Let some good television (or audio) whisk you away from the sometimes wretched reality of real life. I wish you a Happy New Year! In case you’re wondering, I’ve…
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Making the Most of 2020
This post is a bit unusual, since it’s very much about me, and I don’t usually write that much about myself. In many ways, everything I write is about myself, but this is explicitly such. 2020 has been a tough year for just about everyone, and while I’m fortunate enough to have a secure job…
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Broadening My Listening in 2021
In other words, not listening to any more celebrity podcasts. As podcasting as an industry grows, it feels that each week sees yet another celebrity-driven podcast launching. I confess that I find it all just a bit reductive. I won’t be a hypocrite and say that I don’t listen to any celebrity podcasts – I…
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Teston: Mist and Flooding
Various parts of southern England have experienced significant rainfall over the last few days, and along the Medway, the river had burst its banks in a few places (although without serious impact from what I could see). The video above was taken in the morning as the mist still rose from the river giving a…
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Boxing Day 2020 Radio Times
The penultimate one of these for now. Hopefully there aren’t too many arguments going on wherever you are this time of year. Even if you’re on your own this Christmas. To ease those tempers, I’ve helpfully annotated today’s telly for your delectation… In case you’re wondering, I’ve been annotating copies of The Radio Times for…
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Christmas Day 2020 Radio Times
Merry Christmas! Here are some watching options for this more unusual Christmas. With any luck, there won’t be any Prime Ministerial press conferences breaking into this festive fare today… In case you’re wondering, I’ve been annotating copies of The Radio Times for quite some time…
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Christmas Eve 2020 Radio Times
Yes – it’s that time of year when I publish my annotated Radio Times pages for your viewing pleasure. In this year of years, where many of us aren’t where we thought we’d be even this time last week, we’re perhaps looking forward to settling down to some festive television. Obviously this all neatly sidesteps…
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The Great Conjunction
The above was what I managed to get earlier this evening with my DSLR, a 70-200mm lens, with a 2x teleconverter. Annoyingly, there’s also a lens converter in the mix, so this is a sub-optimal set-up with respect to the glass I’m using. I’m also at the edge of London, so not exactly in a…
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It’s Different This Side of the Pond
Yesterday I saw my first TV ad – at least in quite a few months – for Wonder Woman 1984, the next instalment of the blockbuster DC Extended Universe film series. The TV ad tells me that the film is opening in UK cinemas on 16 December. Hmm. Now this is a film who’s release…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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