Fazzinchi

Ah… this poor, neglected blog o’ mine.  I simply have not been inspired to write anything here lately. It’s not for lack of watching TV because my Sky planner and DVD shelves remain full of watched and unwatched material waiting for a rainy day. Having said that, even the rainy days, of which we have endured plenty, aren’t motivating me either. Promises have been broken previously when I have vowed to regale you with (more…)

Christmas Review #6 of 12

I love J.K Rowling. She is an exceptionally gifted person with passion, wit and humility and I don’t begrudge her a single penny of her alleged fortune. I’ve never met her or corresponded with her or have any kind of relationship with her, other than that I’ve bought seven of her books, seen the occasional clip of footage on the news or magazine programmes and watched the “Year In The Life” documentary that was on over Christmas. As this blog tends to be focussed on things (more…)

Name That Frame 

It is amazing that, after more than forty-three years, the assassination on John Fitzgerald Kennedy can still have such a stong emotional response in so many people. Typically, this amount of time forces a certain detachment between the event and people’s recollections of it but the events of 22nd November 1963 are far removed from what anyone would describe as “typical”. I would suggest that it was not until 11th September 2001 that any event had such world-changing (more…)