feeling listless

Theatre 'The Frieze' reviews Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave.

Void Time stopped.

Music I will say one thing about 'America: A Tribute To Heroes'.

People Recent events meant that the Conservative leadership contest all but disappeared into a new black hole -- the only sign being that some other bald person is now pontificating in a blue tie.

Music Catatonia is catatonic...and many other tabloid headlines will ensue.

Dreams I remembered my dream for the first time in a long while the other night.

Drink Hey everyone, something of quandary.

Books I’d forgotten I was going to see Dave Gorman read from his new book 'Are you Dave Gorman?'

Life People are describing this time as the aftermath.

TV Turning the classic movie 'Clerks' into a US network cartoon series was a massive job, and a definite risk -- would fans be happy about the toned down dialogue and would the audience understand the in-jokes or humour.

News As journalists begin to acknowledge there is other news happening, I too find it's possible to write and think about other things.

Life Observed the three minutes silence in the end today anyway -- strange to be doing so in the kind of office those people lost their lives in.

Life The bus to the station was deathly quiet again this morning.

Commuter Life The train this morning was almost silent as people read the collected stories of yesterday in their newspapers of choice.

Life There are few words.

Film I re-invigorated my love of cinema this afternoon.

Life I'm coming down with a cold.

Tv I miss 'Friends'.

Life Talking to a commuter buddy today about her siblings, it occurred to me I've never really faced up to being an only child.

Wish list So yes, I've done it.

People My paradoxical personality is wrapping itself around the Kate Winslet story.

Commuter Life The most striking person I know lives around the corner from me.

Time A bit previous with this - but it's September.

Sculpture The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is an exhibition and study venue dedicated to three dimensional art objects.

Life With the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11 upcoming, I thought I'd repost what was on this blog exactly twenty-five years ago this month, warts and all.

For Toy Story 5.

For Moana (the live action remake).

Books Probably an odd choice of reading given, hands gesticulating, everything.

Film Just briefly.

TV You will have heard the news about Doctor Who going out to tender for a new production company, with RTD2 and Bad Wolf walking away after cancelling Schrödinger's Christmas Special.

Audio Charming.

Audio At the centre of the story is a killer idea.

Audio Bliss!

Audio Happy Christmas.

Audio Baffled.

Audio The last of the four BBC Audio Eighth Doctor stories written by Andrew Lane (so far) does not provide the showdown between the Time Lord and the journalist the finale of the last adventure promised, which probably for the best because I don't know w…

Audio The third in the annual Andrew Lane-scripted Eighth Doctor stories for BBC Audio sees the regular viewpoint character, the indomitable reporter James MacFarlane, visiting a remote base at the South Pole to interview an explorer, the intimidatingly n…

Audio If you'll excuse the blasphemy, Jesus, this is grim.

Audio Probably, most people listening to this story would just be happy to hear Harry and the Eighth Doctor interacting.

Audio It is just the sort of experimental story Short Trips were invented for, and on this occasion, one which would have difficulty working as a full-cast audio or even having the same impact on the page.