I did warn you all that it would be a very occasional series. There are also spoilers for the book and for the way various films and adaptations vary from the book ( Read more... )

The case for the prosecution: The Three Musketeers edition of my "Sword Fighting Films" posts is about 5 paragraphs away from beig done, but the flaws of this film will make an appearance ( Read more... )

There is a link, eventually ( Read more... )

I am utterly the wrong person to be talking about this show because fwheee! It was made for me ( Read more... )

Home for the weekend to compete at the Merseyside Open, which should be fun, and the two rounds of pools ought to mean I have time to remember how to fence. I hope my good foil is fine, it's been playing up, or rather, when I fence one particular person it plays up, so it could just be his lame, which has been known to do this before ( Read more... )

Day 15 - Favourite male characterOkay, wandering outside the meme purpose slightly again, because it's a difficult question, and I'm having difficulty separating out the characters I like from the characters I want to be (hello there Sherlock Holmes and the Musketeers). Also, one of the obvious answers, which would be Lucky Jack Aubrey of the ( Read more... )

Day 13 - My Favourite WriterAlexandre Dumas, père - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas,_p%C3%A8reRead more... )

I'm watching England v France. There is a rumour there was another match on, but I've reached an agreement with a friend that, if I'm nice about England, he won't mention the other match. I spent the entire night tossing and turning having nightmares about Wales beating Ireland, and I wake up to find out I have remarkably prophetic dreams. If ( Read more... )