“Flushed Away” Review
I’ve been rather avoiding this given its status as the film which prompted Dreamworks to can their deal with Aardman. Rather than the usual Aardman claymation, this is CGI (for […]
Month: April 2007
A Call to Adventure!
The “unleashing” of Transition Town Lewes was rather an inspiring event. There were about 400 people in Lewes Town hall, and when I arrived, there was standing room only. The […]
Transition Town Lewes
A couple of years ago I saw a film about Peak Oil, screened by the Green Party here in Lewes, followed by a discussion. I was not impressed. I said […]
Victory at the Lewes Arms
Yesterday, as expected (following their review announcement) Greene King finally climbed down and announced Harveys has returned. The lastest post on The Lewes Arms blog is simply headlined WE HAVE […]
Watercress
This is one of my favourite vegetables. When I dug my pond, a couple of years back, a friend told me you could grow watercress just by throwing it in […]
Potatoes!
My back “garden” (yard) is pretty small. I want to grow vegetables. With my pond, pear tree, roses, fruit and herbs, there’s not really room for pototatoes. But fresh (I […]
Spoiling Things
A regular reader of this blog is so fanatical about avoiding “spoilers” that he will not only avoid reviews but won’t read the blurb on DVDs or books (he’ll be […]
Upgrade Coming Up
If funny things start to appear on the site this afternoon, it’s because I’m (finally) upgrading to WordPress 2.1 “Ella”. Bear with me, normal service will resume as soon as […]
“Gridlock” Review
A superb small-scale episode, written to perfectly fit the 45 minutes slot, nicely paced, with a great sense of atmosphere, building to a satisfying conclusion. And at the same time […]
Smith, Jones, Shakespeare & The Robot Parrot
Time to catch up with all the new Who… Smith and Jones The opener benefited from being told from the viewpoint of another character (ie not the Doctor). This has […]
News in Brief
I’ve been away from an internet connection for a week and getting all my news the old fashioned way – in print. It took two days from finding out there’d […]