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I Don’t Even Like the Aphex Twin

I’ve had ‘Nannou’ by the Aphex Twin stuck in my head all day. And I don’t even like the Aphex Twin. I think I heard one of his tracks once and hated it, and I used to snigger when the … Continue reading

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Asthma Poet

I was going to write about asthma, but then realised that someone’s been there already and he can’t be beat. For me, the poet of asthma is not Proust, it is not even Fedinand Mount. It’s Bruce Robinson, in the … Continue reading

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28 days later

This is the car driven by the woman who pulled into the parent and child space I was about to park in. She drove in at a sharp angle at quite high speed. Couldn’t see any children in her car. … Continue reading

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Polar Excess

Is it just me, or is the animated film Polar Express a nasty piece of work? I watched it at the in-laws last year on DVD – I may have had too much goose and port but it made me … Continue reading

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