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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I saw a preview of this at the weekend, although it was a close run thing. When I turned up at the cinema at 10.30am on Sunday morning along with a hundred and fifty or so other people, my local multiplex seemed to know nothing about it. Cue lots of delays and uncertainty about whether…
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One More Moan…
Given the general lack of science programmes on TV, it’s a bit of a shame that when they do come along – they clash. Last night Horizon returned with an edition entitled “Why Are Thin People Not Fat” (I’ll just leave that there…) while at the same time on BBC Four we had the first…
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Things That Currently Annoy Me
Sky emails me to tell me about the “Exciting New Improvements” they’ve made to the Sky Player (aka Sky Anytime – but since the success of the iPlayer, everything has to be similarly named). I can now watch if I have a Mac (or “MAC” in Sky-speak – isn’t that something to do with WiFi?),…
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Welney
I went to Welney today, and apart from discovering that a simple five mile cycle from Littleport station took far more out of an unfit me than it should have done, I took dozens of photos. This is possibly my favourite, but there’ll be more appearing over at p.
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Sport and Media
Andy Burnham has today announced the committee that will determine which sporting events will remain “Listed”. At the moment, there are two groups of sports that are protected. That is, they must be offered in one form or another free to air to all viewers. Group A – Full Live Coverage The Olympic Games The…
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MPs Expenses Defeated
Great news! The vote called last week by the government to exclude MPs’ expenses from falling into the Freedom of Information act, which was to take place tomorrow, has been cancelled. This superb news almost certainly follows the vast amount of emails that MPs have been receiving, the Tweets and the Facebook group. All inside…
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Write To Your MP Today!
The government is trying to renege on publishing details of MPs expenses. They introduced some new legislation last week to remove their obligation under the Freedom of Information Act. This comes after over £1m had been spent collecting the information. And let’s not forget that they’re public servants. So write to your MP today. Get…
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Copyright Extension
A great film explaining why extending sound copyright is not in performers’ interests but just record companies’. And, of course, our worst interests. More at soundcopyright.eu.
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The Independent
A new year seems to mean that every newspaper worth its salt has to run some kind of promotion, and this Saturday’s Independent had a very good offer: a free DVD of David Frost interviewing Richard Nixon about Watergate ahead of the release of Frost/Nixon in a week’s time. That was enough for me to…
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The Wrestler
Professional wrestling has always had a strange alure for me. I can’t say that I’ve ever watched very much of it, but the idea that something that was presented as sport, wasn’t fairly contested is just something that goes against all my sensibilities. Of course, these days it’s presented at “Sports Entertainment.” There’s also the…
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Slumdog Millionaire
I’d been looking forward to seeing Slumdog Millionaire from director Danny Boyle since I first heard about it. It was such a remarkable idea for a story, based on the book, Q&A. Now despite what you may have seen in the film’s own advertising, this is not the “Feel Good Film Of The Year” –…
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More Digital Britain Leaks
If you want to know what’s going on with the Digital Britain report, forthcoming from Lord Carter as metioned yesterday, it seems that you need to keep reading the Financial Times. There is talk in today’s piece about a broader broadcaster that would encompass Channel 4 as well as supplying alternative news programmes to the…
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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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