BBC Culture poll of 177 film critics around the world puts David Lynch’s 2001 Mulholland Drive in top spot. What planet do these people come from?
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Beam me up, Luke!
In which Jen confuses Star Trek and Star Wars.
Book review: ‘Human Evolution’ by Bernard Wood
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Fish Ladder’ by Katharine Norbury
A journey upstream. The Fish Ladder is a strangely compelling book. It starts very slowly. So slowly that you begin to wonder whether it's ever going to go anywhere. Then the pace picks up. It tells two main stories: adoptee Katharine Norbury's attempts to trace and make contact with her birth-mother and family; and her… Continue reading Book review: ‘The Fish Ladder’ by Katharine Norbury
Book review: ‘Inglorious’ by Mark Avery
Conflict in the Uplands.
Stockard Channing
Thanks to the Olympic Games, Jen and I have finally managed to make massive inroads into our West Wing box-set.
Roll call
Earlier today, the BBC described last night's Olympic Games opening ceremony at Rio as ‘lavish’.
Davey No-Mates
Discussion about a poorly constructed personalised numberplate.
A dream come true
I've often wished someone would send Phil Collins into space, but I never thought they would actually do it!
Wotsit all about?
In which I am served a burger topped with Cheesy Wotsits.