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Adam Curtis Interview
This was in The Guardian last week just prior to his Cannes screening of the Power of Nightmares big screen version is shown.
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Prague
I’ve just come back from a sales conference at work in Prague. A good time was had by all, and the people were very friendly. What I didn’t realise was that I was arriving in Prague as the country was going through the closing stages of the Ice Hockey World Cup that was being held…
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BBC Announces Media Player Trial
This is great news. I’ve obviously applied, but we’ll have to wait and see.
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Thick Of It – Later This Week
Looking forward to this on Thursday.
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How Real Is 24?
This is a great read at Salon (get a site pass after watching an ad). I’m slightly concerned at the programme’s description as being post 9/11 “fear-based wish fulfillment” but the show’s a blast. But for maximum enjoyment, it’s always worth reading what Dave Barry has to say on his live-on-the-night blog detailing each week’s…
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Murder In Suburbia
Is the recommissioning of Murder in Surburbia the least likely ITV story ever? I mean, I’m a fan of Caroline Catz, but really? (Still after Celebrity Wrestling, Celebrity Stitch-Up and Celebrity Love Island all coming in the same week, and all with loosest possible definition of the word “celebrity” I suppose we should be thankful…
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Complicit In A Crime
Still loads of other things to write about, but first something terrible that happened at lunchtime, in which I was an unwitting accessory. I was in a McDonalds near work eating my lunch (yes I know all about Super Size Me), and I was reading my paper in peace having sat down in an unoccupied…
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Sudoku Wars
I’ve got loads to write about, and at some point very soon, I’ll write it down. But in the meantime, is everyone else enjoying the Sudoku wars as much as I am? I came across these little puzzles a while ago. Now things are getting out of hand. Earlier this week, The Guardian became the…
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The Power Of Nightmares: The Movie
It’s being re-edited to be shown as a film at Cannes!
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Hoarding
It’s stories like this that make me such a terrible hoarder.
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Party Election Broadcasts
In the run up to a general election, we’re bombarded with poster and newspaper ads for the various parties. But broadcasting rules prevent parties from buying advertising on radio and television. And rules over the number of candidates being fielded determine which parties get broadcast – even unpleasant ones like the BNP. But what has…
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Russian Spam
I seem to be getting a surprising amount of Russian spam in my Gmail account at the moment. And when I say Russian spam, I mean spam that’s actually in Cyrillic text. Very strange.
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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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