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"That makes you the racist."
I just posted on Twitter the perhaps depressing truth that “At this stage I assume that any party with the word "English" or "UK" in the title is racist until proven otherwise.” And received from a random human being the, I hope you’ll agree, amazing reply: “So you are not pro England or Britain, but favour the rest of the world? That makes you the ( Read more... ) -
Doctor Who - The Name of the Doctor
As usual, hastily-written thoughts straight after viewing the episode for the first time...
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From the Lowlands - Tom McRae
"We come from the lowlands / Dream of high ground."
On first impressions From the Lowlands ('Being the second part of The Alphabet of Hurricanes') feels like a perplexingly spare, small record. An EP with ideas above its station. Certainly not the same kind of diverse, confident affair as its predecessor.
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Doctor Who - Asylum of the Daleks
Hastily-written thoughts straight after my first viewing...
Spoilers for Doctor Who - Asylum of the Daleks.
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TV roundup
It's ages since I said anything about any television series that doesn't involve Time Lords, so here goes.
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Happy Noo Year!
I'm inside with my friends
We build fires and pretend
That the night could just bend on forever
While outside in the frost
Are the wolves and the lost
And we sing to the dogs or whoever
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
With an empty heart
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart