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In which there is Margery Sharp's husband (he wrote it but....)
Imagine my GLEE when I deduced that Margery Sharp's husband was not only the aeronautical engineer Geoffrey Castle listed in all the biographies of her (that a casual online/offline search revealed anyway), and to whom she persistently dedicated her books after their marriage, but her husband was also... Jeffery Lloyd Castle the minor English ( Read more... ) -
In which rhubarb rhubarb shakespeare rhubarb
- RHUBARB HO appeared to be the name of a fancy new "home" shop I spotted on my recent theatre trip, due to the unfortunate placement of street furniture partially obscuring their shiny sign. I can't decide if RHUBARB HO means "rhubarb ahoy!" or implies very specialised personal services?
- Stage: my Shakespeare Revue review! This is an updated ( Read more... ) -
In which there are random zombies and Regency romcoms
- Lego monsters: there was an offer on the new minifigures in lucky-dip bags so... caps! My friends' kids have worked out that I seem to be fortunate with these so I was delegated to dip on their behalf. We agreed that out of sixteen possible outcomes the order of desirability was: witch, gargoyle, werewolf, and zombie cheerleader. A quick ( Read more... ) -
In which there are a toy, a laptop, and a point n shoot camera
How wrong would it be if you were invited to [an event] and became a tad bored, nicked off with someone else's laptop, and spent the evening capping your new Fourth Doctor toy in front of various images that appeared on the first page of google? #askingforafriend ( Read more... ) -
In which there are eighteen types of letters, astral poles, actual Poles, and Moomins
- X marks the spot! Here's an anecdote for everyone who likes to bemoan the loss of literacy in our current digital age: I recently had to sign for something on a smashed smartphone screen, and without the assistance of a stylus. While we were having a laugh about the pointlessness of this exercise in supposed identification (they'll demand thumb ( Read more... ) -
In which the Hugo Award ruckus is explained in a sentence, with only five essential footnotes
The Hugo Awards for "best" science fiction 2015 in summary: it’s as if a few Tory* wingnuts (y’know, closet UKIPpers** and the Countryside Alliance***) got together with the BNP**** to sabotage the Eurovision Song Contest because it’s too artistically elitist and "diverse".*****
* Tory: Conservatives.
** mUdKIP UKIP: they like straight white ( Read more... ) -
In which there are Hugos redux, and a ME ME!
- The macro I made for last year’s Hugo Awards is even more relevant this year. Remember: the Fuhrer Future belongs to them!!1!! I hope Noah Ward has a fabulous dress for the ceremony.
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