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Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Off to the Barbican to see Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra perform pieces under the heading Full Steam Ahead. I saw him perform here a few years back and once again it’s a sold out crowd with just a couple more performances happening in the UK as part of the JLCO…
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Shock! Horror! Bear Grylls Series Not Quite As Advertised
Regular readers of this blog – and there are one or two – may be aware that, although enjoyable, I thought that the recent Channel 4 series Born Survivor featuring Bear Grylls (and know in the US as Man vs. Wild) was probably a little misleading in the way that it was shot. An example…
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Imperium
Imperium is the latest Robert Harris novel, and following on from Pompeii, he’s again set it in a Roman setting. This time, we effectively have the political life of Cicero – the lawyer and politician. The book is told by Tiro, Cicero’s slave and personal secretary, who, we’re told, essentially invented shorthand to record conversations…
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Thirteen
I got hold of Sebastian Beaumont’s novel Thirteen on the basis of Scott Pack’s recommendation on his very good blog. The book revolves around the life of a Brighton taxi driver who pulls the night shift, and the strange things he begins to see and experience. What’s going on? He picks up passengers from a…
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Every Little Helps
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TV Under Fire
A great piece by Janine Gibson from today’s Media Guardian about how producers have forgotten how to tell the truth any more.
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Tintin Storms the Charts
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that Tintin in the Congo is currently sitting at number five in the Amazon best sellers list? This follows everyone suddenly noticing that a book first published between 1930 and 1931 is actually a bit racist. I don’t believe that this is particularly new news, and…
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No Bikes Here
New sign on Golden Square, originally uploaded by Adrian Fitch. In the week after The Tour de France hits London and literally millions of people come out on the streets, this sign appears on the railings of Golden Square where I work. One of Mayor Ken Livingstone’s main reasons for getting the Tour to start…
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Sunshine Widget Test
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Dr Who at Christmas
I find this exciting!
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Paying For Autographs
This is something I still can’t quite get my head around. If you’re an actor, sportsperson, artist or musician, you’re probably regularly asked for an autograph. It’s something personal, and I understand why people like that personal touch. When I’m buying a book, if there are copies that are signed, then I’m likelier to pick…
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Proms 2007
This Friday sees the start of the new Proms season, and I really must try to make time to get along to a few again. I actually quite fancy Saturday’s Music from Great British Films concert that ties in with BBC Two’s Summer of British Film, although being a Saturday will mean getting there early,…
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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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