Ooh! Just when I was thinking that I wouldn’t bother watching Being Human anymore after last night's forth series opening episode. With actors Aiden Turner and now also Russell Tovey both departed, there seemed little reason to continue. But look who’s popped up! None other than Mr Gatiss. Mark does love to do horror. The Old Ones are arriving, and ( Read more... )

Got just the ticket to banish the blues. It was even a cheap bargain one. :-) Am going to see this play http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recruiting_Officer written by George Farquhar in 1706 next month. Cast includes Mark Gatiss, plus Mackenzie Crook who I always ( Read more... )

Calling all Gatiss fans! Don't miss this long overdue new reading of his third Lucifer Box novel on Radio 4 Extra next week. Five instalments, over five days starting Monday 17 October, each repeated at various times so that there's really no excuse to miss it: http://www.bbc.co.uk ( Read more... )

Two interesting but unsubstantiated facts about this film starring Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, now due for release in the UK early 2012, from IMBb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596365/Read more... )

You can probably tell from the number of posts that I've been home a lot this week ( Read more... )

Just finished The Winter Queen by contemporary Russian author Boris Akunin. It is a period detective story, the first in a series introducing Erast Fandorin, new recruit to the criminal investigation department in late 19th century Moscow. 'Think Tolstoy writing James Bond with the logic of Sherlock Holmes' promises the review from the Guardian. ( Read more... )

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A birthday kiss performed by Matthew Goode and Colin Firth!


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