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The Art of Murder
Jose Carlos Somoza is the talented Spanish (or maybe Argentinian) author of The Athenian Murders, a very clever mystery set in both present day Spain and ancient Athens. His latest (well, I say latest, but I’m not completely sure of the original Spanish publication dates) is set in the art world. Well I say, art…
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The Mask of Zorro
Next week’s Radio Times is out, and I was idly flicking through when I came across this entry for next Wednesday (10th August). I’m guessing that the Antonio Banderas swashbuckler was pulled at the last minute, but wouldn’t it have been easier to grab some stock Holby City photo (a show that is on that…
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Slim Pret
Wow – here’s a “solution” to a problem I never knew existed. It seems that Pret A Manger have been look to produce a smaller sandwich. It seems that two slices of bread and a filling is just too much! So they’re now producing sandwiches which are made from just the one piece of bread.…
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Showtime
I’m sure there’s a really good reason why Showtime always block access to their site from non-US IP Addresses. It’s particuarly annoying when you go to the UK version of IMDB, see their big ads for the forthcoming Weeds, and can’t click on them. I know that advertising folk in new media are just beginning…
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BBC RSS Feeds of Columnists
It’s a shame you don’t seem to be able to subscribe to BBC columnists via their site. For example, John Simpson writes authored pieces, but the feed given on his current piece is for the Middle East feed, since that’s where he is just now. Unfortunately Byliner doesn’t cover the Beeb.
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Harold Evans
I never purposefully set out to listen to Alistair Cooke read his Letter From America, although as a sometime Radio 4 listener I heard plenty of them, if less so in recent years. The BBC are “sort of” replacing him with Harold Evans, another British journalist of long standing who now resides on the other…
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Over There
I watched the first episode of Over There last night, and thought it was really good. Sky should waste no time in getting on in the UK. The obvious difficulty of producing a series set in the current climate, is that you might have to take sides – especially with a conflict that as sensitive…
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Web Browser on PSP
I spent a bit of time deciding whether or not I’d install the new PSP update that takes the firmware to 2.0. It adds a proper browser, but takes away all the homebrew stuff that’s possible at the moment. In the end I had to bite the bullet and download it – every game from…
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Dancing With The Stars
Dancing With The Stars is the US title for Strictly Come Dancing, and it’s been a big summer hit in the US. Except there’s been something of a controversy over the final and the outright winner. While we’re used to doing the show and then coming back with the phone vote’s winners later the same…
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Sniper in Iraq
Salon has an excellent piece (watch an ad for free access) by Phillip Robertson about his attempt to track down the American soldier who shot dead an Iraqi journalist (and doctor) last month. It’s a very honest piece showing the impossibility of it all on the ground for the soldiers who are there. I’m very…
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Nasa TV
The live Nasa TV feed of Discovery docking with the ISS makes for fascinating viewing.
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Note To Danny Baker’s Agent
Make sure that you send some decent headshots to the guys at Media Guardian.
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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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