This week on my Twitter feed was the week before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. At least I hope I don't have a vermin infestation. Also, the world was supposed to end, and then it didn't ( Read more... )

Last year I decided I'd be traditional with my Christmas reading and go for classic ghost stories; that time it was M.R. James, this year I went for Charles Dickens (who's left for next Christmas? Henry James maybe?) I've never been big on Dickens, and have tended to agree with the teacher at school who described him as "a man who'd take four pages ( Read more... )

This year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special seems to have got a mostly positive, but subdued reaction, if the corners of “The Internet” I usually frequent are anything to go by. Not that that necessarily means anything - maybe we’re all used enough to Doctor Who being a Christmas Day staple that we no longer ditch our families and run to Twitter. ( Read more... )

Everything's gone a bit quiet on Twitter this week - something to do with Christmas or something. So my feed's mainly been the odd comment about XmasTM TV. (Yes it was rubbish. Is it ever not ( Read more... )

Happy XmasTM, humans! I never know what to post on Christmas Day but this year I think I've cracked it, with what we can all agree is the ultimate embodiment of the festive spirit: Big Brother's Chantelle getting winched on top of a Christmas tree outside Lakeside shopping centre, while the people on the ground fail to give a shit.

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I've finally had a chance to watch the Christmas Doctor Who for a second time so here we go with a review of the first attempt by the Moffat/Smith team. I make a habit of watching DW twice before reviewing anyway but even more so with the Christmas special, which I sometimes find disappointing the first time because of the weight of expectation, ( Read more... )

It's been a week for XmasTM hibernation so I've not had much to tweet about - I did Twitpic a couple of photos of an urban fox that got remarkably close up on Boxing Day though ( Read more... )

On a Friday I like to post something nice to look at or something funny or both (except for when I forget to, which is most of the time.) This week I thought I'd do it a day late and pretend it's a christmas present. Well, it was a pretty decent present when I saw it anyway, this week in the Misfits Christmas Special. Yes, if you were watching you' ( Read more... )

I should get time for a quick blog post later in the day but in the meantime Happy Christmas and here's the promised lowculture front pager, a quick look at some of today's TV - which seems to feature a lot of alternative versions of A Christmas Carol this year: Bah humbug.

No rest for the wicked, I'll even be writing a lowculture TV preview on Christmas Day. Well no I won't, obviously, I'll write it sometime today and just make it go live tomorrow. Sorry if that *spoils the illusion* or something. Anyway there's something for today as well, as a pretty lowcultural cast gets to do a remake of "Whistle And I'll Come To ( Read more... )