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9Tail Fox
A couple of years ago, I went along to Borders after work one evening and saw Jon Courtenay Grimwood and a couple of other authors talk about their new SF books. Prior to that, the only Grimwood I’d read were his science fiction book review columns for The Guardian. This tale is quite intriguing. Bobby…
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Dumbing Down?
I’m all for inclusiveness but, let me list the specialist subjects on Mastermind this evening: The life and career of Henry Ford German wines The life and works of Frida Kahle The life and career of Jennifer Aniston No. That last one is not a typo. Guess who came last? You guessed right! At the…
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Why B*g B*****r Does More Harm Than Good For Channel 4
Every year, when the likes of me complains that one quarter Channel 4’s peak time output over the year is used up by a single programme, others will point me to all the viewing figures it achieves. It massively bumps up the channel’s share across the year, and reports even suggest that it accounts for…
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Disappearing Children
Over the weekend, during the start of the Premier League we saw pitchside advertising, and yellow bracelets in rememberance of Madeleine McCann. News coverage was also ongoing, marking 100 days of her disappearance. Now I won’t talk about her particular case any more because I have no real knowledge of it. But it does seem…
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Piracy On The High Street
The last time I went to the cinema, there was a table just past the ticket desks where, should a guard have been on duty, they checked bags for nefarious things such as video cameras. In fact, I had my DSLR in my bag at the time and was looking forward to having a conversation…
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More on Tintin
I noted a few weeks ago that following the controversy over Tintin in the Congo, it was storming the Amazon charts (it’s currently 115). So it was interesting to note that in Hergé’s own home country, state prosecutors are considering whether charges can be brought. Ridiculous, I know. Plenty of racist/sexist/homophobic books are available to…
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More on US Digital TV Switchover
I mentioned a Reuters report in the States highlighting the lack of awareness and equipment in the lead-up to digital switchover in the US on 18 Feb 2009. Today, US Today has a further piece on the issue, and it’s worth a mention for a couple of things. First, there’s this quote: “This scares me…
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Delays…
Last Sunday, Sky One started showing series two of Weeds. This coming Monday, Showtime, the US premium cable channel that makes the series is starting series 3 (Link to the Showtime website now unblocked for non-US visitors!). I really don’t understand why, in this day and age, Sky is taking so long about bringing its…
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TV Fakery Not Really Exposed
Does television fakery know no bounds! This morning’s Telegraph presents the picture below and exposes it as – shock, horror – a CGI creation. Wow. Who’d have thought? Next you’ll tell me that the word “Mountain” isn’t really there, floating in the sky, either! Look, if there are genuine things to expose, then do. If…
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Football Commentaries on Commercial Radio
Once upon a time you could be pretty sure that if you wanted to listen to your local football team, one station locally or another would be carrying a commentary. In recent years the prices for rights have increased as local clubs, especially Premiership ones, have more competition, and stations battled to win the rights.…
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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…
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