The Road is about a man and a boy. And nothing happens.

[It’s that time again. That time when I rummage through my unfinished posts folder and decide which one’s would be better out than in and which belong in the digital toilet bowl. This one from March 2012 (barely) made the … Continue reading →

I started a new job with a brand-new startup. An old life is ending as a new life begins. Continue reading →

Mispronunciations Maester Khal Looks Catelyn is much older and harsher than I expected. In my mind she had a stark beauty. It was inevitable that Ned would look like Sean Bean but I had him older and more refined. I … Continue reading →

Will they make a good movie? Continue reading →

Every English schoolboy knows that history began in 1066. Continue reading →

I’m contemplating promoting Jesus Christ Superstar to Best Movie of All Time. I’m not sure Rick would approve though.

Three atheists tell their stories. Continue reading →

He hovered, and stayed still, striding on the crumbling columns of air, curved wings jerking and flexing. Continue reading →

The Name of the Rose is one of those books that I read at an impressionable age and was terribly impressed by it. I read it again a few years later and it was better still. It’s firmly in my … Continue reading →