Category Archives: Culture
Ordering food in America
Dunstan’s tale about being a Brit ordering food in the States made me smile a great deal. Seemingly a study was done about people believing the printed word (Holiday Inn used to have problems with guests staying past check-out time, … Continue reading
Review of “May Week was in June”
Clive James’s third volume of autobiography would have benefited from some hyperlinks. Continue reading
250 words a day
During the BBC’s Big Read series, Phil Jupitus commented on the fact that Winnie the Pooh is only 15,000 words long. I found on Leon Fletcher’s page, “How Long”, that Hemingway wrote 2,000 words a day, and Robinson Jeffers just … Continue reading
Review of “Playing the Moldovans at Tennis”
A couple of years ago, a friend with whom I worked recommended “Round Ireland with a Fridge” by Tony Hawks, which I read soon after, and enjoyed very much. This was the story of Tony Hawks hitchhiking round the circumference … Continue reading
English Standard Version – A Bible for everyone
I’ve been a fan of the English Standard Version ever since I bought one in 2002, shortly after hearing it highly recommended at the London Men’s Convention (this year again at the Albert Hall 22 May; the pilot of the … Continue reading
Review of “Cross of Iron”
Am not quite sure how I could have not even heard of Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron, but I watched it recently, and it’s a very powerful film indeed. Set in 1943, in the face of huge Russian opposition, the … Continue reading
Review of “Pirates of the Caribbean”
I get to the cinema less often these days (mainly due to working nights), but my good friends John and Laurie seem determined to let me borrow a large proportion of their DVD library. This week, I’ve watched “Pirates of … Continue reading
Googlewhack
British author Dave Gorman, fresh from his winning a bet to find 36 other people called Dave Gorman, sat down to write a novel, and instead, found that his website contained a Googlewhack. The site and the book (“Dave Gorman’s … Continue reading
