(William Gibson). I thought that, having read Neal Stephenson and Philip K. Dick, I knew all about cyberpunk and would find Mr Gibson’s most famous book old-fashioned and dull. Wrong. Mr Gibson invented it all. This book is even referenced ( via a bendy, circular world) in the recent blockbuster, Interstellar. Read it.
Continue Reading →(Dir. Richard Linklater) (2014) Why all the fuss? The only evidence of twelve years of production is the aging of the characters. A tired story line – a feckless, unthinking mother, no father. Boy falls in love with girl next door. As Dopey Mum says, “I just thought there would be more.”
Continue Reading →I decided against the subtle Victorian look – I just cannot stick to pales. So this second teacosy, is rather like the first – but even busier. The instructions are here and here. If I am to make one teacosy a month this year I need some new ideas, or I will have twelve all pretty much the same. Can anyone give me some inspiration? pp
Continue Reading →(Michel Faber) I have never understood the concept of “beach”, “holiday”, or “summer” reading. The idea seems to be that, for some reason, when my toes are being lapped by a foreign sea, I want to read the sort of rubbish which I would not give shelf space to at home. Because my feet are damp, my brain must be too. Being the gullible type, I have fallen for this publishers’ spin in the past. I have packed “light”, much vaunted contemporary fiction in my carry-on bag and have optimistically bent back the first of the 600 or so pages as the A380 taxis. By the…
Continue Reading →I have attended many WEA courses over the years – languages, silk painting, photoshopping, website wrangling, grasshopper breeding. At present I am trying to be a good girl and diligently do my homework during the hiatus between the WEA year long courses in Ancient Greek I and Ancient Greek II. But Great Zeus! drilling oneself in Middle Voice Progressive Participles is boring, and as for Thematic Second Aorist Active Imperatives!! I can’t wait for the term to start in late February. Our teacher, Dr Alessandro Boria from Rome is a polyglot of great patience and good cheer. The dozen or so stalwarts who completed…
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