September 25, 2022• Cycling
The UK has some very individual events in the world of cycling – a good example being the classic 10 mile time trial, often take...
September 20, 2022• Media
As I type, I’ve yet to see any viewing figures for how many people watched the Queen’s funeral on British TV yesterday –...
September 15, 2022• Audio, Podcasts
Based in part on a short thread I posted on Twitter the other day. Spotify sent out a notification the other day that proudly proclaimed....
September 13, 2022• DVD, Films
Spoiler: No, I can’t. Jean-Luc Godard has died, and in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw writes about the director and in particular his...
September 3, 2022• Audio, Podcasts
Note: This is a slightly expanded version of a Twitter thread that I published earlier today. Last week came news that Twitter was...
August 25, 2022• Films, Media
If you visited Prime Video, Apple TV or Google Play Movies in the last couple of days, you may have noticed that there’s something...
August 18, 2022• Books
William Boyd is the contemporary master of the ‘whole life novel’ – books that use a character’s entire lifetime to...
As with all non-fiction books, there is a subtitle – ‘How economics, evolution and technology drive us to deceive – and how...
August 3, 2022• Misc
A quick note to anyone looking to say that because of poor planning on my part, I’m currently hiking in the mountains and therefore...
July 14, 2022• Cycling, Podcasts
There is an accompanying podcast to this blog! Listen at the bottom of the piece or follow this link. I’ve done a few sportives over...
