My plight to find a television series to watch with the beloved has been consuming me for quite some time. He doesn’t like anything too scary and I can’t be bothered committing to a long series. We are not good telly watchers. Recently I went...
I’m always a bit sniffy when I’m faced with sorbet between courses in a restaurant. It’s flavoured frozen water and I can clear my palate with gin, thank you very much. (I’m not a complete philistine, honestly.) I don’t want unnecessary...
I’m 12 books into my 50 books in 2018 challenge and I loved this. Conclave by Robert Harris is the story of skullduggery occurring while electing a new pope. I know that doesn’t sound like the most promising basis for a thriller but this is...
My Mum has always enjoyed watching anything where friends are enjoying themselves. She likes to watch people dancing at parties, conversations between friends anything with camaraderie. This is the reason for her love of Status Quo and early episodes of Top Gear. I...
I’m still trying to catch up on the Oscar bait for award season and on Wednesday a took myself to see The Post, Steven Spielberg’s film about The Washington Post publishing the Pentagon Papers, a classified report detailing the history of the Vietnam war...
The beloved and I went to see Darkest Hour because Gary Oldman was playing Churchill. That’s it. Oldman as Churchill. It didn’t need to be nominated for every award going when someone says there’s a man juggling geese in the next street, you get your...
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