Monthly Archives: November 2008
Einstein and Eddington
I’m not sure whether I LJ’d the drama Hawking that was on a year or two ago, but according to Wikipedia Peter Moffat was the writer for that, as well as this weekend’s Einstein and Eddington, and I’m sure that’s … Continue reading
In the beginning …
Book Review: Call for the Dead, and A Murder of Quality, by John le Carré It turns out I read these two out of sequence, as I had thought A Murder of Quality came first, but it doesn’t really matter. … Continue reading
Film Meme
Gacked from merrymaia: 01. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. Hmm, 10 times is a lot. I haven’t been counting. So this is a guess, here are some favourite films I’ve certainly seen many times. … Continue reading
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Last night we went to the Reading Film Theatre to see Mongol, a biopic on the rise to power of Genghis Khan. There isn’t much narrative or continuity, it’s more a series of excerpts from his life, but it works. … Continue reading
A Book of Patriotic Prejudice
Book Review: Caricatures of the Peoples of the British Isles, by Tim Clayton This was an impulse purchase from the British Museum shop apparently about a year ago, as it was issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the 1707 … Continue reading
Dear Neighbour, I don’t know the details of your domestic emergency, but I do find it difficult to believe that the men with the loud tanker had to turn up at 1.30 this morning to flush out the drains down … Continue reading
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I’ve always found the classification of library books most fascinating …
qatsi’s Dewey Decimal Section: 809 History, description & criticism qatsi = 71099 = 710+99 = 809 Class: 800 Literature Contains: Literature, criticism, analysis of classic writing and mythology. What it says about you: You’re a global, worldly person who wants … Continue reading
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I thought tonight’s opening episode of World War II Behind Closed Doors was rather well done. Following it with a trailer for Einstein and Eddington is a reminder that there’s more to the Beeb than dodgy telephone calls on Radio … Continue reading
Whether we like it or not
It rained, and rained, and rained. I didn’t really give it that much thought. The traffic lights at Winnersh Triangle were out this morning, and still out this evening; the M4 was surprisingly straightforward on the way home. But by … Continue reading
First and Second Law (of Thermodynamics) 