Much as I adore Disney films I never seem to get round to watching them as often as I would like, but I was feeling a little bit out of sorts and wanted something that would cheer me up. I turned to Disney
Archives for March 2012
Catch Your Death
28 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
The rise of the ebook has led to an explosion in self-published authors. I must admit I have a shiver of nervousness each time I see a self-published book, I tend to assume that if an author doesn’t already have a book deal there’s probably a good reason…
Evita
27 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s fair to say that Madonna has had a pretty successful career. Not many popstars who had their first hit in the early 80s are still releasing highly anticipated albums today. Yet for all of her chart success there’s a sense that Madonna won’t be satisfied…
How I got 5,000 unique visitors in 24 hours
27 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
As regular readers will know, I’ve been running this blog for a while now. Eight months and 20 days to be precise. That’s remarkably close to the amount of time a human baby takes to grow…
Thor
26 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
In just one month (26th April) The Avengers Assemble will be released. I have massively high hopes for this film – the trailers look great, I loved Captain America and Joss Whedon is directing. Only an Aaron Sorkin script could excite me more…
The Joy of Trailers
23 March 2012 by 13 Comments
Timekeeping isn’t my strong point. I’m either very early for appointments or more usually – very late. I was even hideously late for a job interview once; luckily the interview panel was full of lovely people who excused my red face, poured me some water….
New York
22 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
This year I promised myself that I was going to read more books. I set myself the target of seventy-five books. Having read sixty-one last year this wasn’t too onerous a target and until the end of February I was roughly on target. Then I started New York…
Senna
21 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
Until I met my husband I had never watched Formula One and had no interest whatsoever in fast cars going round in circles. Once we started to live together I developed an appreciation of the sport and began to enjoy watching races. Don’t get me wrong I’m still a fair-weather fan….
Wild Target
21 March 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jonathan Lynn wrote one of the greatest sit-coms in British TV history, Yes Minister and its follow-up Yes Prime Minister remain hysterically funny and surprisingly relevant three decades on from its debut. Lynn’s movie career has been a little more checkered…
The Night Circus
19 March 2012 by 4 Comments
The longlist for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction was announced a few days ago. The twenty books include a number of novels from first time authors as well as more experienced writers…