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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990
Any exhibition that includes a heavy dose of Blade Runner (one of my favourite films of all time), and ends with the video of New Order’s Bizarre Love Triange (one of my favourite songs of all time), is going to be very popular with me. And Postmodernism at the V&A is definitely a worthwhile exhibition.…
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Scheduling Queries
If like me, you’re suddenly feeling the chill, then you’ll know that autumn is well and truly here. And with it comes what was once known as the “New Season” of TV programmes. Sunday nights are interesting. The Guardian made much of the fact that the BBC has scheduled the final series of Spooks against…
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Before I went to see the new film version of the Le Carré classic, I first sat down and watched – for something like the fifth time – the 1979 Alec Guinness version. I’ve seen this at least five times over the years, and together with Smiley’s People, it makes Guinness the definitive George Smiley.…
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Scooter Takes Out Cyclist
I’ve been a cyclist for years to a greater or lesser extent. And for the last 12 months or so, I’ve been regularly using a Brompton as part of my London commute, meaning that I get to avoid using the tube. Over that time, I’ve been lucky enough not to have had – or seen…
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Facades
I found this week’s Feedback on Radio 4 very entertaining. A correspondent had written in to complain about the use of a particular piece of incidental music in several different drama and documentary series on Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra across a single evening. That piece of music in Facades by Philip Glass… Now…
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A Plea To Android App Developers
I own an HTC Desire. It was one of the earlier Android phones, and was the top of the range phone from HTC at the time. Overall I love the phone. I still love it. I’ve managed – touch wood – not to crack the screen, unlike so many of my iPhone owning friends. HTC…
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Paris
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Passports Don’t Like Washing Machines
That’s the sad news that I learnt this week following an unfortunate incident that essentially involved me not checking the pockets of a pair of trousers. Interestingly, if you need a replacement in a rush and you check the relevant section of the Direct.gov website, you are told that the Premium one-day service is not…
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Radio Times 29 August 2011
As a Bank Holiday treat, here’s what’s on telly today. As ever, it’s best viewed large.
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Strike Back: Project Dawn
I know, I know. You’ve been missing Ultimate Force. It ended its run in 2006, with Ross Kemp moving onto bigger things as he took on gangs for Sky One. In the meantime, if you wanted a military action adventure series set around the world, then you were left short. Well Sky One is here…
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The Skin I Live In
As the ads and trailers finally came to an end, the BBFC slide appeared on screen: “La Piel Que Habito – The Skin I Live In.” “So is this film in Spanish?” asked the man behind me very loudly. I tried not to laugh out loud. “Yes,” said the lady I presume was his wife,…
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Disappointing Tone in Discussion on Libya Reporting
I like Steve Hewlett on Radio 4’s Media Show, but I’ve just been catching up with this week’s edition and was really unhappy with the centrepiece discussion about Sky News v BBC News last weekend as the rebels (if that’s what we’re calling them) entered Green Square. Make no mistake, Sky News undoubtedly scooped BBC…
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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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