Month: September 2002

  • 11 September – A Year On

    A bit uncomfortable this, but like a previous piece I wrote about the recent Cambridgeshire child murders, I feel this needs something to be said. Today is obviously a year on from some of the most terrible scenes that many people have ever witnessed. Thousands of people lost their life in the various attacks in…

  • White Teeth

    Well I’ve finished the first book on my list of yesterday. I did start it last week however – I wouldn’t have ordinarily been able to get through 440 pages within 24 hours without devoting a lot of time to it. As it was, in typical fashion, I was left with ten pages to go…

  • Books Books Books

    Autumn arrives, and a flurry of books to read. So here’s what are upcoming on my “to read” list. 1. White Teeth – making sure I read it before the Channel 4 series starts next week (it’s been on my bookshelf for about a year). 2. Dead Air – Always got to read the latest…

  • The Man Who Broke Napoleon’s Codes

    Finished reading this a couple of weeks ago and fascinating it was too. I’m a sucker for any stories about codes or ciphers so this is right up my street. I must admit that I know/knew absolutely nothing about the Napoleonic Wars either. Since reading this I went out and bought a book on the…

  • The Godfather

    Finally got around to watching the first of my Godfather DVDs. Got the trilogy a while back and hadn’t sat down and watched them. The combination of a twisted ankle and bad back afforded me the chance to watch the first film. It’ll be interesting to compare this masterpiece with the forthcoming Road to Perdition.

  • Homicide: Life on the Street

    Yes! I can hardly wait. How sad is all this? Tomorrow, Telewest Digital gets a new channel – the Hallmark Channel. And why am I so excited about this trivial development? Because they show Homicide on Hallmark weeknights at 10.00pm (and Hamish MacBeth). Obviously they have junk like Dr Quinn: Medicine Woman filling up large…