Got new issue of Vintage Life as well as the usual recipes, guides to hair + makeup (including a tutorial on how to do the perfect beehive) they had articles on stuff like WW2 and rationing, being a 50s housewife, styling a vintage bedroom, and a vintage guide to Cardiff. They also had part 2 of their article on ancient Egyptian influences on ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Gay Times - it had reviews of the Ruby Wax book and the new Thor movie. Also interviews with Tom Rob Smith and RuPaul (I still wish one of the UK TV channels would start showing RuPaul's Drag Race again because I really liked it when I did see it) and Cleo Rocos (when I was younger she was one of the women I wanted to grow up to ( Read more... )

I got The Steampunk Bible just before Christmas (but I forgot to post about it till now, I'm so disorganised). Anyway I really liked it, it had essays by different people as well as lots of gorgeous colour photos and chapters discussing the origins of steampunk, the fashions/inventions etc. I liked the fact that it also covered authors/fans who are ( Read more... )

This is going to get a bit long + rambling as I've lots to cover ...

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Saw the last ep of Sleepy Hollow - I enjoyed it (OK I maybe wasn’t as enthused as some ppl but I’ll definitely watch it when it comes back ( Read more... )

I saw Legacy - I thought it was OK but I didn't feel as thrilled with it as I thought I would but that may have been because I wasn't feeling well. Tho' Andrew Scott was very good in it ( Read more... )

Last weekend's Guardian had a review of Morrissey's memoirs plus a big article on Mary Renault's book, The Charioteer (which sounded interesting). They also had a little feature on TV to watch at the moment which mentioned some of my current favourites - Orphan Black, Sleepy Hollow and The Blacklist ( Read more... )

Finally saw The Blacklist (tho’ I missed Episode 1 + haven’t got it on catch-up) + it took a bit of getting into but I really liked it. James Spader completely owns it! My concern is its a fairly long series so I hope they can keep it good throughout. Also saw episode 1 of Sleepy Hollow and really liked it ( Read more... )