My Life
This film is an absolute joy to watch. We saw it when it was first screened and I chose it as my Christmas DVD for watching over the Christmas period. What I enjoyed was its sheer theatricality. So often films concentrate on the long lingering shots so you can read the minds of the characters, […]
Today is Remembrance Sunday We remember all those who have fallen in war, and also the deaths of countless men, women and children who have died because of war. We pray for those, whose lives are devastated by war, For the communities torn apart by enemy action, for the children orphaned by war […]
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October and the nights are drawing in. And my journey to work is getting longer – and longer. A few days ago my 45 minute commute became 2½ hours as the Heathrow area descended into gridlock. So now is to time to dig out the audio books, and perhaps the eReader again. This was funny […]
Having seen the film, I am now reading 12 years a slave (Kindle format) Plato’s Republic (from Kobo) Audio book: Great Minds of the Western Tradition from Audible (http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Classics/Great-Minds-of-the-Western-Intellectual-Tradition-3rd-Edition-Audiobook/B00DMDN0AO ). This is a series of lectures, approximately 30mins each. Total listening time is 43 hours – sI think I will be listening for some time. […]
My Life
This film is an absolute joy to watch. We saw it when it was first screened and I chose it as my Christmas DVD for watching over the Christmas period. What I enjoyed was its sheer theatricality. So often films concentrate on the long lingering shots so you can read the minds of the characters, […]
Today is Remembrance Sunday We remember all those who have fallen in war, and also the deaths of countless men, women and children who have died because of war. We pray for those, whose lives are devastated by war, For the communities torn apart by enemy action, for the children orphaned by war […]
This is a nice, quick read. Very enjoyable, and enough puzzles to keep the interest. We are introduced to D I Garibaldi, Jim Garibaldi, and his personal life. Fairly straightforward character, bit Dixon of Dock Greenish, great at understanding people. Genial, humane. No black dog in attendance, just a man who is about to embark […]
We originally started watching Downton Abbey in box set form – and there are a lot of episodes. Great entertainment, but in the end, we stopped watching. Like any soap opera, the twists and turns in the plot seemed more to do with maintaining peak audiences rather than telling a story. And then Downton Abbey […]