With the cold-snap in full swing we decided to stay at home and enjoy a movie so we rented “The Chronicles of Riddick”. I didn’t expect anything more than light entertainment from this movie but I was not quite prepared for how truly bad it was. From the rather ropy special effects, the cliche story [...]
It seems that Prince Harry’s appearance at a fancy dress party in a Nazi Africa Corps uniform is causing quite a furore in the press and all over the internet. While ludicrous accusations of racism within the Royal Family abound I see it as little more that a little bit of punk from a rebellious [...]
We went out last night with some friends to see new movie “Closer” (Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman), based on Patrick Marber’s edgy 1997 stage play. While it does have imperfections I would say that I would mark it as a “Highly recommended” reasonably complex relationship movie. The performances were [...]
Being a Harley rider I am naturally an appalling bike snob. Fine, if race-replicas are your thing then that’s cool. If you are on a budget then I guess its got to be a little 125, that’s cool too. However, why would an affluent urban man be seen in public on one of these? Says [...]
Having a few friends over for drinks to see in the New Year I switched on the BBC to get the Big Ben chimes to herald in the New Year as we raised our glasses in a toast. What was surprising to me was the ensuing firework display at Westminster which far surpassed the limp [...]
I’m now glad to report the the United States of America has increased its contribution to the Asian Tsunami relief effort to one befitting the most powerful economy in the world. Looks like somebody in the White House can now see the value that generosity in adversity has in winning friends and influence.
