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Nuns have recently discovered the arts centre where I work….now we can’t keep them away. We were showing a film called ‘Into Great Silence (Die Grosse Stille)’ a 3 hour silent documentary about Carthusian monks. How I laughed when I … Continue reading →

There’s probably not enough space on this site, if indeed on the entire Internet for me to fully express my antipathy towards BBC Breakfast. For a long time I put this down to regular presenter Sian Williams who, I’ve concluded, … Continue reading →

Should you re-watch films that seemed great to you when you were 15? In my experience, this is usually a bad idea. I say 15, but it could be 18, or 21 or even 30 –pieces of art that make … Continue reading →

This is sad. I had a great fondness for Desmond – I liked the quavery, on the edge tone his voice had. And the frequent indecipherability of the lyrics was obviously a great thing. I considered it an act of … Continue reading →

Easter – hurray – two bank holidays. We should have songs to celebrate that.Not songs about Jesus – obviously. Where are the songs about eggs? Even a song about rabbits – hang on – what the hell are Chas and … Continue reading →

‘New Cadbury’s biscuit Boost’ – who could forget that shrill little jingle? It sticks in the mind not simply because of its non-tune, but also as being just about the last time a genuinely new chocolate bar was launched. Those … Continue reading →

Seen a few films recently. ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ is pretty much exactly as you’d expect – a decent enough dramatisation of the McCarthy/Murrow tussle. David Strathairn has a great face for the job – hewn from granite – … Continue reading →

In a cold room in a castle, in files entitled ‘Ancestors’, are hundreds of sepia photo portraits of anonymous people from the past. Most have lost their moorings on the page and have slipped down into a slush of moustaches … Continue reading →

There’s a very old TV set in the staff room where I work, it’s one with a big sliding knob for volume control. It was made in a time when they allowed people to have direct influence over the volume, … Continue reading →

Am I alone in finding this story terrifying? Seems to me that this throws serious doubt on the alleged weight-loss properties of lettuce. But let me ask you this Newsround…whatever happened to Roberto?? The world of jumbo rabbits is clearly … Continue reading →