… you know — the one about the magpie. Well, in case anyone is wondering it is about John Webster, the playwright and has stuck with me since I studied Elizabethan Tragedies at university 10 years ago. It is odd Read more…
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This place is going to be a magpie nest for storing whatever I find of interest and whatever occurs to me — it shall be somewhat random and that shall be the source of it\’s lopsided beauty.
Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Jennifer Garner, Terrence Stamp, Goran Visnjic. Cert: 12. Running Time: 100 Mins Approx Bad, bad, bad. There usually are some redeeming features to a film. I suppose you can argue that just watching Jennifer Garner Read more…
Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Keanu Reeves; Rachel Weisz; Tilda Swinton. Cert: 15. Running Time: 115 Mins. Another film where the source material is taken more as a jumping off point than the gospel. It\’s another film that has had Read more…
Directed by Nora Ephron. Starring Nicole Kidman; Will Ferrell; Shirley Maclaine; Michael Caine; Jason Schwartzman. Cert: PG. Running Time: 1 Hr 38 Mins. I hated this film. The review should perhaps end then. I like Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley Read more…
What is work life balance? How many people do you know that have achieved it? The only people I know who have an adequate balance tend to have an adequate bank balance as well — your average joe who works Read more…
To the amateur, who has barely spent a handful of nights red-eyed, restless-legged, full-headed, trying to grab even a few minutes of sleep before the alarm goes off and tells that you have to get up for work, the presence Read more…
Hypocrites unite and greet a moron on the u-turn. You don\’t have to laugh. You don\’t have to smile — just be a miserable bastard and you will get through this life as easy as if you made an effort. Read more…
With all the people and the stupid situations with which you are faced humour is essential. Laughter releases the endorphines for relieving stress. People with a good sense of humour are generally people that you can get on with because Read more…
number one lying awake in an unfinished morning, i thought i half glimpsed a truth — no fully developed photo or elaborate sketch pen and inked to depth, just something naked, disclosed by accident, and how to describe it? wreath Read more…