The Easter weekend was very quiet - just me and Riley. Times like this are tough. I spent much of my time listening to the Classic FM Hall of Fame Top 300, broadcast from 9:00am to 9:00pm on each of the four days. The top spot once again went to The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams. No surprise there ( Read more... )

I used to read at least fifty books a year, religiously writing reviews on Goodreads for each volume. Now? I have hardly read a page of anything since the 31st January. Well, that's not quite true. Back in January I was two-thirds of the way through Martin Walker's latest - Bruno's Challenge. I have picked it up, read a page or two and put it back ( Read more... )

The Ipcress File is done and dusted! Episodes 5 and 6 watched this afternoon and I have to say as I recall it doesn't bear much resemblance to the original story by Len Deighton. But, what the hell, it was very entertaining ( Read more... )

I wonder if I will ever get to see all episodes of The Ipcress File. Yesterday I watched Picard: Serie 2, episode 4. Another cliffhanger ending. Will have to wait until next Friday for episode 5 ( Read more... )

I have always approached ITV Hub through my Virgin Tivo box. Always disappointed when the live broadcast of a particular episode of a series says: "all episodes available on ITV Hub". Access the programme through Tivo and the only episodes available have already been broadcast ( Read more... )