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Remember when this was going to be a quiet summer? 11 Aug 2013 | 02:37 pm
Things I have been doing * Holidaying - France last month and then Brussels last week * Attending hen dos and weddings * Day trips and weekends out - The theatre, Kew Gardens, The Shard, a cottage br...
Will Graham: Fragile tea cup, broken pony or the mongoose under the house? (Thoughts on Hannibal) 11 Jun 2013 | 04:07 am
This post represents a huge about face from me. I made it very clear that I was not going to watch “Hannibal”, would not in fact be able to watch “Hannibal”, as it came out at a time when I was feelin...
Un Lun Dun - China Miéville 8 Jun 2013 | 09:03 pm
“Un Lun Dun” is the fifth China Miéville novel I’ve read in, what, two years? Wow, how did that happen? Oh right, I owe all this author consistency to what has turned into an ongoing ‘read all the boo...
Cannibals, Killer Robots and a Library 18 May 2013 | 03:27 pm
Life away from books, TV and the internet has been busy – lots of good personal life stuff and it looks set to be like that for a while. I don’t mind because work is currently dullsville and I find my...
Confidently Confused 8 May 2013 | 10:41 pm
Today I want to talk about confidence and writing. Read: I am having a mild panic about something that probably seems quite simple to other people - please send words if able. I have always been one ...
The Vampire Diaries: Series Three - Episode 21 and 22 26 Apr 2013 | 05:09 pm
And so we come to the end. As always there are huge spoilers for the entire series and probably all previous series in this post. Iris, Amy - here we go. Episode Twenty one: ‘Before Sunset’ • I find...
Ease Up 24 Apr 2013 | 11:41 pm
Recently, a smart friend made me face up to the fact that sometimes practicality limits our capacity to do good. We’re all individual people, we all get tired and it’s better to concentrate on the few...
Pounding Out Some Words 18 Apr 2013 | 04:14 pm
What I’m reading now: After this weekend (when I made two train journeys without picking up the book in my bag) I decided to chuck out my on-going read and start again. I realised I was feeling a nee...
Untitled 15 Apr 2013 | 10:51 pm
A while ago I saw someone talking about their idea that even though they believed women are kept down professionally by a lot of societal pressures/expectations/double standards/sexism they also thoug...
'The Vampire Diaries': Series Three: Episodes 16 - 20 24 Mar 2013 | 03:59 am
Finally, I’ve written up my thoughts about the next disc of ‘‘TVD’’ S3. Sorry, Amy and Iris I know I’m taking ages to get to the end of the series. Episode Sixteen: ‘1912’ Taken from the Wikipedia e...
