So here's the thing. Having now seen both encore screenings of Frankenstein under the same conditions, and having really enjoyed the Jonny Lee Miller as Creature version again last week, nevertheless, hand on heart, if I had to choose only one of them to take to a desert island on a disc then of course it would have to be the Benedict as Creature ( Read more... )

Today's triumph after much swearing, a first animated icon. It's hellishly hard to get the file size down to 40kb! Plus a battle with text fought and won:


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I have now idea what this is actually about because it's sung in Icelandic, but it seems elemental and speaks to me of the north, wilderness, fire and ice, creative and destructive forces at work, green flickering of lights in dark skies. Also it's been stuck in my head since I first heard it on a radio show last Saturday. No visual. For ears only ( Read more... )

JLM and BC facing off for a publicity shot. Zero hair versus messy mop. Funny, I thought that Jonny was taller than Benny, or at least of equal height, but it doesn't look like it here!


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This afternoon I am mostly attempting to make Christmas cards... although I did waste a certain unspecified amount of time sticking a Santa hat onto someone:


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I'm off to Leeds for the day to visit my daughter, so of course we've had the first snow of the winter overnight. Only a couple of inches here, and luckily I'd already decided that I wasn't going to drive. Wish me luck on the trains...

P.S. My Frankenstein tickets arrived in the post first thing this morning. Yippee! I almost kissed the postman. ( Read more... )

December seems to have been declared Cumberbatch month. At the last count he's featuring in the December issues of not only Marie Claire, but also Harpers Bazaar, Vogue and Esquire (quote the magazine for men who mean business unquote - LOL!)

Now this video thing My Cultural Life for Harpers Bazaar has appeared sandwiched between adverts. Because ( Read more... )

Now this is most welcome news here: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a284868/cumberbatch-cast-in-boyles-frankenstein.html and here: Read more... )

Okay. Could this guy get more perfect? He does politics - addressing the TUC regarding government cuts to the ARTS Council grant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3vlIyu75-0&feature=player_embeddedRead more... )