FILM
Red 2
(12A) 116mins
★★✩✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
The excellent cast have fun with the quips and the thrills in this espionage sequel but their enjoyment is rarely contagious.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Film review: Red 2 (12A)
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brian cox,
bruce willis,
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helen mirren,
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Tuesday 30 July 2013
Travel: Newquay and the south west
I had heard talk of unnatural practices rampant in the sequestered south west, far from metropolitan reproach.
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barbara hepworth,
cornwall,
easyjet,
eden project,
headland hotel,
lewinnick lodge,
newquay,
padstow,
rick stein,
seal cove,
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southend airport,
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travel club
Thursday 25 July 2013
Film review: Frances Ha (15)
FILM
Frances Ha
(15) 86mins
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Greta Gerwig spreads charm all over the place in this ode to gal pals and finding oneself lost in Manhattan.
Frances Ha
(15) 86mins
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Greta Gerwig spreads charm all over the place in this ode to gal pals and finding oneself lost in Manhattan.
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frances ha,
greta gerwig,
mickey sumner,
noah baumbach,
review,
reviews,
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Friday 19 July 2013
Exhibition: Line of Kings, Tower of London
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exhibition,
henry viii,
history,
line of kings,
royal armouries,
spiral notebook,
thames,
tower hamlets,
tower of london,
visitor attraction
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Spiral Notebook: Red is the new green
There is a busy T-junction near my home. It is guarded by traffic lights. Cars obey. Pedestrians wait for the little green man. Cyclists ignore it all and do what the hell they want.
I cannot recall a single time a cyclist has stopped at these red lights if jumping them posed no risk to their safety (and theirs alone).
I cannot recall a single time a cyclist has stopped at these red lights if jumping them posed no risk to their safety (and theirs alone).
This observation could be made of any traffic light anywhere in London. Cyclists see them as mild inconveniences, much as they do the pedestrians they target when they take to the pavement for a shortcut.
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bicycles,
cycle highways,
cycling,
docklands,
london,
roads,
safety,
spiral notebook,
traffic lights
Friday 12 July 2013
5 reasons book translations are rubbish
Translated books are, on the whole, duff. I am currently engaged in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and it is only the story that persuades me to continue.
5 reasons translated books are rubbish…
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5 reasons,
books,
lists,
the girl with the dragon tattoo,
translations
Wednesday 10 July 2013
Stage review: Private Lives, Gielgud Theatre
STAGE
Private Lives
Gielgud Theatre
★★★★✩
REVIEW
This crowd-pleasing production of Noel Coward's Private Lives is lightning in a bottle.
Labels:
anna chancellor,
anna louise plowman,
anthony calf,
gielgud theatre,
jonathan kent,
noel coward,
private lives,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
stage,
toby young,
west end
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Book review: Stuff Matters, by Mark Miodownik
POPULAR SCIENCE
Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik
Penguin, £18.99
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
In this fascinating little read, master of materials Mark Miodownik takes a snapshot of his home and begins picking apart the substances that make our world.
Stuff Matters
Mark Miodownik
Penguin, £18.99
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
In this fascinating little read, master of materials Mark Miodownik takes a snapshot of his home and begins picking apart the substances that make our world.
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mark miodownik,
materials,
penguin,
popular science,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
stuff matters
Saturday 6 July 2013
Spiral Notebook: The saints and the winners
I left one newspaper after about seven years and I got a Simpsons mug. A Simpsons mug! Sheesh.
I had played a significant part in turning around that newspaper. I had won awards and the rest. Indeed, for the purposes of literary neatness, I’d like to think I’d worked miracles.
I had played a significant part in turning around that newspaper. I had won awards and the rest. Indeed, for the purposes of literary neatness, I’d like to think I’d worked miracles.
Labels:
catholic church,
lists,
pope john paul,
saints,
spiral notebook
Monday 1 July 2013
Stage review: Fences, Duchess Theatre
STAGE
Fences
Duchess Theatre
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Lenny Henry full occupies the role of Troy Maxson, the embittered garbage man and patriarch robbed of his shot at the baseball big time.
Fences
Duchess Theatre
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Lenny Henry full occupies the role of Troy Maxson, the embittered garbage man and patriarch robbed of his shot at the baseball big time.
Labels:
august wilson,
Colin McFarlane,
duchess theatre,
fences,
lenny henry,
paulette randall,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
stage,
Tanye Moodie,
west end
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