April 2013
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March 2013
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December 2012
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September 2012
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Chris Addison interviews Derren Brown - an audio...
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July 2012
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Lennart Green’s Favourite Story
An Audio...
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A Teacher Story
Once upon a time, there was an English Teacher name Mr Cammish. He was a brilliantly odd man with a small mustache who would often sit in the dark, at the back of the room, chewing on a baguette. He would often play along to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” on his Guitar and Stereo System that he kept in the room. He would often lock his classroom door to get changed into...
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Phil and I discuss how long it would take to solve...
June 2012
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It's Only A Theory...
Just so everyone is clear, “Theory” does not mean “Guess”. Look in any good dictionary to find:
“A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.” So, we are setting out the principles of something known...
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May 2012
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Film Ratings, 2010
Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer ★★★★★
Sunshine ★★★★★
The Pianist ★★★★★
Muppet Treasure Island ★★★★★
The Fountain ★★★★★
Goodbye Mr Chips ★★★★★
Holes ★★★★★
The Untouchables ★★★★★
The Illusionist ★★★★★
Catch Me If You Can ★★★★★
One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest ★★★★★
Being There ★★★★★
Stand By Me ★★★★★
Dead Calm ★★★★★
The Omen ★★★★★
The Bucket List ★★★★★
Is Anybody There? ★★★★
Time Bandits ★★★★
The Parole Officer ★★★★
Willy Wonker And The Chocolate Factory ★★★★
Disturbia ★★★★
Shine ★★★★
The Day After Tomorrow ★★★★
Horton Hears A Who ★★★★
Scrooged ★★★★
Stardust ★★★★
Albert's Memorial ★★★★
A Clockwork Orange ★★★★
Batman (1966) ★★★★
The Quatermass Xperiment ★★★★
Indiana Jones - Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull ★★★★
The Poseidon Adventure ★★★★
The Cable Guy ★★★★
Slumdog Millionaire ★★★★
The Island ★★★★
Office Space ★★★★
Planes, Trains And Automobiles ★★★★
No Country For Old Men ★★★★
This Boy's Life ★★★★
There Will Be Blood ★★★★
Me, Myself And Irene ★★★★
The First Men In The Moon (2010) ★★★★
Alien ★★★★
Jumper ★★★★
Inside Man ★★★★
Amadeus - Director's Cut ★★★★
Three Fugitives ★★★★
The Wave ★★★★
Memento ★★★★
The Pink Panther Strikes Again ★★★★
The Savages ★★★
The Tommyknockers ★★★
Shrek The Third ★★★
Blackball ★★★
To Sir, With Love II ★★★
National Treasure - Book Of Secrets ★★★
Naissance Des Pieuvres (Water Lilies) ★★★
Magicians ★★★
Quatermass 2 ★★★
Deck The Halls ★★★
Blade Runner - The Director's Cut ★★★
The Spiderwick Chronicles ★★★
Lawrence Of Arabia ★★★
Hear My Song ★★★
Premonition ★★★
Harry Potter - Order Of The Phoenix ★★★
A Is For Acid ★★★
Romancing The Stone ★★★
Looking For Eric ★★★
Juno ★★★
Jackie Chan's First Strike ★★★
In Bruges ★★★
Witness ★★★
The Departed ★★★
Hable Con Ella (Talk To Her) ★★★
Churchill - The Hollywood Years ★★★
Total Recall ★★★
The Man With The Golden Gun ★★★
Stephen King's IT ★★★
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel ★★★
Casio Royale (1967) ★★★
Nuts In May ★★★
Sixty Six ★★★
The Cooler ★★★
The Counterfeiters ★★★
The Darjeeling Limited ★★★
Atonement ★★★
Waitress ★★★
The Lives Of Others ★★★
The Pink Panther ★★★
The Time Machine (2002) ★★★
Jaws 2 ★★★
Johnny English ★★★
Analyze This ★★★
Ne Le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) ★★★
Man Of The Year ★★
Knocked Up ★★
The Crossing Guard ★★
Black Christmas ★★
Damien - Omen II ★★
The Howling ★★
On A Clear Day ★★
Life Is Sweet ★★
Call Me Claus ★★
The Fantastic Four - Rise Of The Silver Surfer ★★
Mars Attacks! ★★
Fak£rs ★★
Flashbacks Of A Fool ★★
Stephen King's The Langoliers ★★
Idiocracy ★★
The Station Agent ★★
The Haunted House Of Horror ★★
Heist ★★
Whistle Down The Wind ★★
Salem's Lot ★★
Tu£sday ★★
The Omega Man ★★
On Her Majesty's Secret Service ★★
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles ★★
Charlie Wilson's War ★
The Accidental Tourist ★
Charlotte's Web ★
Lost Horizon ★
Genova ★
The Heartbreak Kid ★
Music And Lyrics ★
It's A Boy | Girl Thing ★
Lonesome Jim ★
Robin And Marian ★
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) ★
Easy Virtue ★
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April 2012
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On Teachers...
Teachers are very wonderful, but also wholly dangerous. For example, I spent a rather large chunk of my life believing that butterflies only live for a day after breaking out of their cocoons. Now who on Earth told me that?
March 2012
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ピアノ
This may be unendingly wrong as a translation, but worth a go. Although not technically a Haiku, as a Haiku is supposed to juxtapose two blending ideas…
ピアノ
併さる 黒
と白 の下に
ザ 指 ダンス
Piano
併 saru kuro
to shiro no shita ni
za yubi dansu。
Piano
Unite black
with white beneath
the finger dance.
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“The man who can’t visualise a horse galloping on a tomato is an idiot.”
– André Breton - French Surrealist Writer.
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Film Ratings, 2009
The Sixth Sense ★★★★★
Pan's Labyrinth ★★★★★
Man On Wire ★★★★★
The Truman Show ★★★★★
A Muppet Christmas Carol ★★★★★
Bridge To Terabithia ★★★★★
Secondhand Lions ★★★★★
Skellig ★★★★★
The Colour Of Magic ★★★★★
The Mask ★★★★★
Falling Down ★★★★★
Lemony Snicket's - A Series Of Unfortunate Events ★★★★★
Love Actually ★★★★
Der Untergang (Downfall) ★★★★
The Last Samurai ★★★★
United 93 ★★★★
To Sir With Love ★★★★
The Others ★★★★
Freeze Frame ★★★★
10 Rillington Place ★★★★
Reindeer Games ★★★
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ★★★
Die Hard 4.0 ★★★
The Damned (1963) ★★★
An American Werewolf In London ★★★
Ghost Rider ★★★
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) ★★★
The Lost World - Jurassic Park ★★★
Blow Dry ★★★
The 51st State ★★★
Moby Dick ★★★
Around The World In 80 Days (1956) ★★★
Godzilla (1954) ★★★
Grown Your Own ★★★
It Could Happen To You ★★★
The Fly (1959) ★★★
Risky Business ★★★
Deep Impact ★★★
Dogma ★★★
The Odessa File ★★★
The Sorcerers ★★
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ★★
The Captive Heart ★★
The Quiet American ★★
Funeral In Berlin ★★
Chinatown ★★
Botched ★★
High Anxiety ★★
Tenacious D ★★
The Final Countdown ★★
Miracle At Christmas - Ebbie's Story ★
Happy-Go-Lucky ★
The Jerk ★
Family Plot ★
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“A learning experience is one of those things that say: You know that thing you...”
– ~ Douglas Adams, who’s 60th Birthday is today.
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Logic
Child - "Mummy what's that man doing up there?"
Mother - "He's putting on a blindfold, my dear."
Child - "What's a blindfold, Mummy?"
Mother - "Something you wear so you cannot see."
Child - "Why's he wearing one, Mummy?"
Mother - "So he can tell us what he's looking at..."
- CORINDA
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“If the greedy person really understood how profitable it is to be generous, he...”
– ~ Lennart Green
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