Well, there was a new episode of Doctor Who last Sunday ( Read more... )

 I've been watching series one of Dollhouse recently, by the way, and with the end of my exams, I've managed to get the series finished.

I'd heard somewhat mixed reports, that the first few episodes weren't very good, but that it rewarded perseverance. Sure enough, the opening four or five episodes delivered an intriguing premise, but not much else ( Read more... )

Hm. Seems like I'm never going to tell you all about Berlin, am I? Oh well- you can make up something scandalous and tell it to each other in progressively shriller and more outraged voices.

Life has been quiet and busy at the same time. Since coming back from possibly my best summer holidays ever, I've spent four weeks at college, then two weeks at ( Read more... )

As most of you are probably aware, I went to the Edinburgh festival a couple of weeks ago. A wonderful time was had by all, and I went to see a record-breaking 36 shows, as well as doing a lot of fat-chewing, beer-drinking andcurry-eating (the Mosque Kitchen curries from the Pleasance Dome are really fantastic).

Anyway, here's what I saw and what I ( Read more... )

I spent the weekend away in the depths of Lancashire for Pete & Lesley's wedding. I'm pretty sure that everyone on my flist who cares about the wedding was there, so will only botch an attempt at alliteration to say that the ceremony, company, ceilidh, canapes, cheese & (a)ccomodation were all wonderful ( Read more... )

In brief:

I read Self Help recently, by Edward Docx. I found it a bit slow to get into, but devoured it once I was about 30 pages in. A really wonderful novel, heartwarming, funny and thought-provoking in equal parts. Entertainingly for me, the characters (and, presumably, the author) hang around the same parts of London as I do. Off-hand ( Read more... )

So there's been an internet kafuffle.

Amazon may or may not be deliberately removing gay/lesbian/rape recovery books from their ranking system (and therefore making them more difficult to find through searches). This may or may not be the result of a third party troll, a co-ordinated attack by pressure groups, glitch in Amazon's software or an ( Read more... )

Oh, well. It was good while it lasted.

Scottish Sun steals copyright from cancer patient.

The linked article contains a link to contact details for David Dinsdale, the editor of said "newspaper". These are reproduced below:

David Dinsmore
Editor
The Scottish Sun
124 Portman Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow G41 1EJ

E-mail: david.dinsmore@the-sun.co.uk

I've sent Mr Dinsdale a short email, ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman just twittered the first big Planet of the Dead trailer, and I am unsure whether to watch it.

On the one hand, it'll pass a pleasant couple of minutes, and give me substance for my rabid speculations.

On the other hand, I realised early on that, fun though speculation is, I enjoy Dr Who episodes much more when I don't know what to expect ( Read more... )