Et in Arcadia ego
As part of my great northern road-trip we visited Brideshead (aka Castle Howard), not far from York. It is one of England’s …
Worried About The Boy
Worried About the Boy – part of BBC2′s line up of 1980s inspired films and documentaries – was a biopic of Boy …
No lords, fiddlers, judges, or dancing-masters
[tweetmeme source="hellomilo] I recently finished Gullivers Travels which I must say I thoroughly enjoyed. I’m amazed it took me quite so many …
Review: Moon (2009)
I enjoyed this film a lot. Moon is a (comparatively) low-budget British sci-fi film. It essentially has just one character – ‘Sam’ …
The Boat That Rocked
It’s a period comedy set on a pirate radio ship floating in the North Sea in the 1960s. I enjoy period pieces …
State of Play
I watched State of Play last night (the 2009 Hollywood movie, rather than the made-for-television BBC miniseries of 2003). It was good …
The Drowned World by JG Ballard
The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard. In contrast to much post-apocalyptic fiction, the novel features …
Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans
A while ago I ordered this book from Waterstones. Got it for £30 (inc P&P) as it hadn’t been released in the …