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Books on TV
No – I’m not talking about next week’s adaption of The Diary of Anne Frank, but books and their authors on TV. There’s an interesting little discussion over at The Guardian about whether or not the Richard & Judy effect will continue with their new selection of titles now that they’re hidden away on Watch…
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Film Releases In January
It’s now January, and that means that the films you can see in the cinema are suddenly good. On the other hand, the releases will come and go so fast, that you probably won’t be able to see all them. I both understand and really don’t understand why the cinema industry treats films in this…
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Happy New Year
Listening to the New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna is my preferred way of dealing with any hangover. There’s something about The Blue Danube and The Radetzky March that’s intrinsically linked with the day. If you missed it, tune in tonight on BBC Four…
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Surviving Gaza
Wow. Channel 4 has an interesting and incredibly timely programme on next Monday. I assume it’ll detail how to survive on the Gaza Strip when you’re being bombed daily by the Israelis. Wait a minute… My mistake. It’s actually called “Surviving Gazza“, and is about the famously off-the-rails footballer. Of course this is scheduled after…
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Three Fun Articles To Read
Well one article and two blog posts really. First off, Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, writes at length about how the media is effectively now unable to examine things like whether corporations are avoiding tax legally. We know that the UK’s libel laws are absurd and encourage libel tourism (everything is effectively “published” in…
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Copyright Extension
In just four days, we could begin to see the first of Cliff Richard’s singles re-released without Richard himself either profiting or having any say over what’s released. That could happen, although as I write, I can’t see any forthcoming releases at Amazon. Indeed he’s recently released a celebratory 50 years anthology, and gave away…
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Happy Christmas
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Fears Grow For Doctor Who
As seen on a London Evening Standard billboard today. Perhaps they’ve had a preview of the Christmas special? They do know that he’s a fictional character don’t they?
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Voting Fun
If Strictly adopted the US voting system as I’d advocated, then it’s incredibly unlikely this weekend’s incident would have occurred. This isn’t, of course, important. Votes placed will still go to viewers’ favourite dancers. So everyone who’s saved the BBC or Ofcom’s phone numbers on speed dial to complain at the drop of a hat…
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Lucia
I took some photos of Lucia yesterday in the London Swedish Church. You can see the rest of them here. The bloke next to me took some better ones.
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Safety First Investment
I love it when tube stations are being refurbished and old posters are uncovered before the new LCD panels go up in their place. Yesterday evening I saw this wonderful Abbey National poster from goodness knows when (it looks quite old to me even if the colours are quite vivid). I suspect that Abbey wouldn’t…
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Media Talk on The Guardian
Matt Wells had something of a moan this week about what he called an advert for DAB that he’d heard on the BBC this week. He saw it as a straight ad for BBC viewers and listeners to go out and buy a DAB digital radio. A couple of things Matt: The BBC did exactly…
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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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