Paris au Cinema

Monday, 6 March 2006, 23:44 | Category : Uncategorized
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Well, the long weekend in Paris was a good’un. I can’t believe I’ve been in London for almost nine years and not taken the short train ride over. Next time will be much sooner. Heck, it might even be in the next couple of months. There’s an ace-looking exhibition on at the Hotel de [...]

Paris in the Spring

Thursday, 2 March 2006, 6:33 | Category : Uncategorized
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So I’m off to Paris for a romantic sojourn for a few days. It won’t feel like the spring though - it’ll be cold, but I expect it’ll be pretty good. No posts till next week then…

Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 16:22 | Category : Uncategorized
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It’s Ash Wednesday today. If you’re a Catholic or an Anglican Christian, that’s the start of Lent. It’s also the day after Shrove Tuesday (in Britain). In other countries, it’s Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). The principle however, is the same. You use up all the rich/excessive stuff that you’re supposed to give up for Lent, [...]

The best of February

Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 8:17 | Category : Uncategorized
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Now that it’s March, I’ll allow myself a final backward glance at February to see what it was I liked about that month (well, as far as music goes anyway). So here goes my inaugural monthly review…
Album of the Month
Tilly and the Wall: Wild Like Children (Moshi Moshi)
Just pipping Jenny Lewis is this album which [...]