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Monthly Archives: February 2012
North by Northwest – Alfred Hitchcock
No. 37 in the IMDB top 50 is North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Made at the end of the 1950s this is a fairly light adventure story of mistaken identity, cold war criminals and FBI agents. It’s mostly … Continue reading
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Brooks Was Here – Brooks’ Story from Shawshank Redemption
Yesterday we watched The Shawshank Redemption, a film I hadn’t seen in a long while. I cried twice. Particularly moving is the story of Brooks the librarian who went to prison in the early 1900s and on his parole in … Continue reading
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Winchester Architecture – St Thomas Street / Southgate Street / St Cross Road
This area is to the south west of the city centre. St Thomas St is a fine street running from the High St to St Swithuns, with a variety of houses mainly C18. Southgate St runs parallel and is much … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Hampshire, Photos, Travel
Tagged southgate, st cross road, st thomas street, thomas st, well house
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Light on Life by BKS Iyengar – Chapter 3: Vitality – The Energy Body (Part 2)
Selected extracts and quotations I’ve chosen from the third chapter (Part 2): The destructive nature of hatred is everywhere evidenced in intolerance, violence and war. But it also exists in our own lives when we wish others ill or … Continue reading
Citizen Kane – Orson Welles
Continuing through those films in the IMDB Top 50 I haven’t seen, number 38 is Citizen Kane. I knew very little about this film but had read in various places that it is the ‘best film ever made’. Maybe these … Continue reading
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Fizzy Tat
Oh no I’ve filled my head with shit. Diverting fizzy tat that as I lie in bed waiting for sleep, comes back around with a slap. And then I’m asleep and my brain is undoing. Not enough time in a … Continue reading
Scrap Book: Christmas Jam
Here we are, Mum, Peter and I at Christmas, maybe 1980. I don’t remember this in the slightest, nor our family being musical. Peter’s got his Arsenal scarf, I’m in jazz black and still with chicken pox scars. I probably … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in Athens…
You don’t expect to see so many hungry people in a major European city. They line up each day looking for a handout in the soup kitchens and bread lines run by the municipality. But the 40 workers under contract … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics
Tagged austerity measures, debt, economic collapse, greek crisis
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Healthiest and unhealthiest countries in which to live, 2012
Healthiest and unhealthiest places to live: Top 10 EPI 1 76.69 Switzerland 2 70.37 Latvia 3 69.92 Norway 4 69.2 Luxembourg 5 69.03 Costa Rica 6 69 France 7 68.92 Austria 8 68.9 Italy 9 68.82 United Kingdom 9 68.82 … Continue reading
I was kicking some water down the road when I realised it’s not this or that, it’s both
Posted in Wake Up Call
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