Just been watching some vintage 1950s 3D footage on Channel 4. Sinister documentary with the Men from the Ministry extolling the joys of strip-mining, and then a bit of culture. Beryl Grey onstage at the ROH, looking lovely and dancing up a storm. With present-day Dame Beryl popping up as a 2D old lady commenting on her past self - because ( Read more... )

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. One weapon.
2. One song blasting on the speakers.
3. One famous person to fight alongside you.

1. One of these...

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2. A bit of this...

3. Shall we dance?

Mind, if we were allowed fictional people and kit, I'd just take a lightsaber and...

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Moira Shearer, 1926-2006.

La Fille Mal Gardee was a great laugh - it had dancing chickens, the panto dame's clog dance, and Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta as an engaging pair of young lovers.
Tournament was cool, too - proved that you can safely joust using solid wood lances.  As always, Emrys the armourer stole the show.
I finally got to see Zatoichi this weekend.  Good ( Read more... )

Well, now have almost all my Christmas shopping taken care of.  Mum's still here, but I'll take her to the station on my way to work this afternoon.  Think she had a good time - though she decided to clean my kitchen yesterday, despite my attempts to smarten the place up before she arrived.
Yesterday evening, we went to see Sylvia at the Royal ( Read more... )