Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 2 of 4)
Here’s my second batch of favourite films of the last decade in haiku-form, which covers number 75 through to 51.
For 100 through to 76 scroll […]
Movie Haiku: My Top 100 Films of the Decade (Part 1 of 4)
What follows is the first part of the hideously overdue rundown of my Top 100 favourite films of the last decade. Not […]
Pancake Daze
The historical roots of Pancake Day (contains shameless falsifications)
The Minister of Information Returns
Gil Scott-Heron’s new album I’m New Here has been on heavy rotation since I bought it earlier in the week. It’s an absolute blinder, real […]
Disney’s ‘The Wire’
I came home from work today to find my wonderful stepdaughter Lily on the Internet. She was visiting the Disney Channel website, and – […]
Sesame: Life on the Street
This evening’s Archive Hour on Radio 4 celebrated the 40th anniversary of the seminal children’s TV show Sesame Street. The programme featured healthy dollops […]
What if Wes Anderson directed the new Spider-Man film?
Or, The Life Arachnid with Peter Parker. A slyly clever parody by Jeff Loveness which – like Anderson’s actual films – you’ll either get […]
Armando Iannucci’s Questions for Mr Tony Blair (Updated)
Updated 30th January 2010: this may seem a bit overdue, but I’ve now added Armando Iannucci’s 9th and 10th questions that were Tweeted […]
The clue is in the name
Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge has been in the news a lot this week. These stories were all very serious issues that merit very […]
Music Haiku: My Favourite Albums of the Decade
Here’s some more self-penned haiku, this time covering my favourite records of the last ten years:
20. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (2005)
Sufjan’s Prairie State
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Lord of the Frogger
In the Seinfeld episode The Frogger, the eponymous Jerry and his “short, stocky, slow-witted and bald” best friend George Costanza visit a soon-to-be closed down […]
Treme Trailer
HBO have just released a teaser trailer for Treme, the new series from The Wire’s creator David Simon. The show is set in post-Hurricane Katrina […]