A Tribute to Mario Kart DS
My husband and I have the world’s best pre-bedtime routine. I will warn you that you’re all going to be hella jealous when you hear […]
Month: August 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch: Should we believe the hype?
Benedict Cumberbatch. Not long ago, we’d have all said “Who?” and now, he’s everywhere, like an overplayed song on the radio. Me and my other […]
Tuesday’s Tech Take: Thanking GIFs and Memes for the London Games
We can acknowledge that the Olympics’ presence on social media was incredible during the London games, but that really wasn’t a surprise. It was to be […]
How to meditate.
Meet Emma, my meditation buddy. Okay, she’s not my meditation buddy, she’s a knitted soft toy I have had for umpty years. Don’t split hairs! […]
Music Monday: The Libertines
I don’t really hold much truck with this band and I am not entirely sure why they were hailed as some sort of Gods of […]
Eastenders – Sharon is back!
We all love a good comeback right? How about a popular soap opera star coming back? Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last […]
A Tribute to Sid Waddell: The voice of darts
Never has there been a more excitable, more flamboyant, more Geordie commentator than Sid Waddell. He made the sport of darts seem like you were […]
My Five Favourite: Poems
What I wouldn’t give to be able to write like this. W H Auden- 12 songs (Song 9) Stop all the clocks, cut off the […]
Tattoos: How to Make a Fuss About Nothing
http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/view.m?id=15&gid=lifeandstyle%2F2012%2Faug%2F11%2Fdevastated-by-my-sons-tattoo&cat=lifeandstyle#.UCYMD4WlpD0.twitter To say the above piece in the Guardian made me angry is like saying that a bowl of salt is quite salty. I am […]
Film Trailer Friday: The Expendables 2
Released: 16th August (UK) If you were born in the 70’s or 80’s and are a fan of action films, then prepare your waterproof pants […]
Ten of the best ever Batman comic story-arcs
Heard of The Dark Knight Rises? Of course you have, unless you’ve been hibernating in a cave for the past 18 months that is. Batman […]
Beauty and the Beast
I hope people have been watching Channel 4’s documentary, Beauty and the Beast. This show follows beauty addicts and pairs them up one at a […]
Visiting Bangkok
It was 8 o’clock on the fifth night of my honeymoon, and my new husband and I had just hailed a tuk-tuk to take us back to […]