Last weekend we all headed out to the cinema to see Disney’s new animated CGI feature film Wreck-It Ralph; a return to form for Disney. However, whilst Wreck-It Ralph is a great film, I was completely enchanted by the supporting short, the Oscar winning Paperman. I loved the story, and the wonderful ideas within, but I was… Continue Reading ›
I love Instapaper; it’s one of my most favourite and most used web and iPhone apps. Merlin Mann seems to quite like it also. Start using Instapaper today; you’ll thank me tomorrow.
I have been a PDA user for several years, but a week ago I sold my iPAQ and bought a Filofax. I was pretty much a PDA addict; changing PDAs as often as every six months and spending far too long every day reading all the major PDA sites and forums. So this represents a… Continue Reading ›
I’m sitting here listening to Storm Isha battering our battened hatches, and remembering Storm Eunice. I was ‘trapped’ in London for an extra day but managed to find shelter from the storm in Hawksmoor Borough. Desperate times and all that… As a fountain pen user, I have a Sunday ritual of cleaning and filling my… Continue Reading ›
Rubber Soul I’ve been listening to Rubber Soul by The Beatles this week. I normally listen to later Beatles – Revolver onwards – but thought I’d listen backwards through their catalogue. I found Rubber Soul interesting as it feels like a transitional album, a stepping stone between the earlier I Wanna Hold Your Hand pop… Continue Reading ›
A list with reviews of the books I’ve read over the last decade or so, cunningly arranged in the order in which I read them. Starred titles are those I highly recommend ★ For 2026 I’m also experimenting with StoryGraph to track my reading. Reeling In The Years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020… Continue Reading ›