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2009 highlights
Art for art’s sake? (August 2009)
Catastrophe and the craft of writing (April 2009)
Fear and loathing, Larry & dentists (Aug 2009)
In praise of London buses (May 2009)
Lazing on a sunny afternoon… June 14th, 2009
Mature learning for beginners (Aug 2009)
Nostalgie de la Boue (Aug 2009)
Philandering Phil Caught on the Hop (June 2009)
The foodie Frankenstein creates a monster… (July 2009)
The subtle art of wooing… (July 2009)
The tale of a left ankle… (June-July 2009)
Toads… (July 2009)
2010 highlights
A tale of five cats (April 2010)
British eating patterns: rise of the zombies! (June 2010)
Conducting an orchestra or being a one-man band? (Oct 2010)
Coping, or what can we learn from Hamlet? (June 2010)
Domesticity and in praise of ex-wives (May 2010)
Election fever? (April 2010)
Pause for reflection… (Oct 2010)
Saxophone music for kids (June 2010)
Tranquility (June 2010)
2011
“Money up in smoke…”
Brand marketing & silly car names…
Brand marketing revisited…
Christmas as a kid
Darkness cannot drive out darkness
Halloween
My favourite poem
Non, je ne regrette rien…
Speed (cameras) kill!
The Healthcare enigma
Toilet Roll Theory
Traditional English bank holidays…
2012 01-03
A gripe about car parks…
Afghanistan
Another New Year
Black Dog
Blasphemy
Death note
Drug culture
Eccentricity: Byron, Sitwell & Wilde
Fashion statement
Gambler’s anonymous
Lift psychology
Pensions are retiring
Relationships & stuff
Revenge of the Toads
Single mothers: the reality
Sorry….
Suicide button
2012 04-06
Bridge for Beginners
Capital punishment yet again…
Euthanasia
Female shoe fetish
Gadget fever
Gun culture
Job Titles
My Heroes
Passion & Apathy
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Politics with a capital P
Politics with a small p
That singular anomaly…
The Shape of Women
2012 07-09
Britishness
Budget Challenge Journal
Embarrassing incidents
Gay marriage & the Scottish Catholics
Great Budget Challenge
Internet ramblings
Manifesto for Democracy
Mature education
Monarchic revolution
Sleepy time
The “Oldest Profession”
The University of Life
This blog has no title…
Transport 1: Unintegration
Transport 2: The cars that ate Britain
Wealth motivation
2012 10-12
Building on flood plains
Car boot bargains
Customer service & local empowerment
Francis Bacon, a true artist
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas everybody
Jennings & Darbishire play up and play the game
Junk mail
Long-distance relationships
My adopted home town: Tiptree
October
Qs
Romance for the middle-aged
Schadenfreude
Sir Jim & the skeletons in the closet
Spoilt for choice
Tax: avoidance & evasion
The great cover-up
Ties: why bother?
To sleep, perchance to dream…
Waiting…
When freedom of speech costs a fortune
2013 01-03
Allan Roy Millward
Ennui & the urge to write
Guilty pleasures
Patricia Mary Millward
Pricing smoke and mirrors
The NHS Experience
This working life
Worth
2013 04-06
Anticlimax
Cat psychology
Customer service (revisited)
Energy: all debate, no decisions
Freelance status
Gender politics updated
Gongs for the masses
Headless chickens
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Magic moments
Mall shopping
Meat market
Odds against
Perfectionism
Railways for the 21stC
Respect
Self-service checkouts
Shaving
Shhhhh!!!
Simplicity
The Thatcher phenomenon
Why bother?
You get what you pay for
2013 07-09
“I have a Dream…”
Architecture
Artifice
Corruption & morality: a quiz
If I ruled the world…
IOS7 and tales of software updates
MBA profile
My car(s)
Organ donation
Politicians on oath
Rejection
2013 10-12
“Dont beat yourself up”
Breakdowns
Cool!
Deference
Iconic photos
Mandela
NHS Trust Management
Pedants’ charter
Power down
The giving and taking of offence
Working away
2014 01-03
Body breakdowns
British Public Service Broadcasting
Dementia
Hair today…
In the ageing zone
Leadership
London Transport Policy
Moving back home
Policing for the 21st Century
Shifting sands: Managing NHS through change
Sleep paralysis
Time Travel
What’s in a name?
Winners and losers
2014 04-06
Educating our kids
Europe and the Immigration Debate
Justice for some?
Meritocracy
Montagues vs Capulets
National anthems
Rock Bottom
The Honours debate
The Wonderful World of Innovation
Trust
Woke up this morning…
2015-16
A complaint on behalf of commuters
A quick blog about health and well-being
Cancer: the modern plague
Coping
Handedness
In, out, shake it all about…
My car (part 2)
My Philosophy
NHS ‘has busiest year in its history’
NHS weekend working: the inside story
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
So what’s Big Brother up to?
The Murder of an MP
The NHS under pressure
US Presidential election 2016: a commentary
What I mean and what I say
Election Reflections
Manifesto commitments on healthcare policy
NHS revisited
The Gig Economy
The Health Service in Crisis: issues and solutions
Dining
Americas & Burgers
Bill’s restaurant, Soho
Bodeans BBQ Smokehouse, Soho
Byron, Chelmsford
Chimichanga, Braintree
Clarke’s, Kensington
Dean’s Diner, Braintree
El Gaucho, Kensington
Five Guys, Bluewater
Home, Manchester
Honest Burgers
Loaded, Stoke Newington
Patty & Bun, Liverpool St
Pork & Co, Canterbury
Smokeworks, Cambridge
Tomfoolery at 34, Alderley Edge
B&Bs & hotels
Clifton House B&B, Bristol
Court House Farm, Duffield, Derbyshire
Croft Corner, Wilmslow
Granny Anne’s B&B, Marlow
Malmaison, Glasgow
Oxford Spires hotel
Regency Guest House, Cambridge
Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton
The Angel Hotel, Lavenham
The Old Rectory B&B, Winterbourne Steepleton
Wessex Hotel, Bournemouth
British, traditional & modern
Aurora, Ipswich
Blue Anchor, Feeing (part 2)
Blue Anchor, Feering
Browns, Bristol
Chop Bloc, Chelmsford
Cosy Club, Bristol
Foxlow, Stoke Newington
Highland Restaurant, Oban
Maldon Pie & Mash
Market Bistro, Kings Lynn
Marriott’s Warehouse, Kings Lynn (part 1)
Marriott’s Warehouse, Kings Lynn (part 2)
Rivington Bar and Grill, Shoreditch
Sand Bar, Praa Sands, Cornwall
St John, Smithfield
The Booking Office, St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
The Cambridge Chop House
The Compasses at Pattiswick revisited
The Compasses, Pattiswick
The Ivy
The Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow
Tramshed, Shoreditch
West Street Vineyard, Coggeshall, Essex
Yarlbury Cottage, Lower Bockhampton
Cafes, coffee shops etc.
Asda v Morrisons
Batte-Lay Tearoom, Minories Gallery, Colchester
Cook & Baker, Wilmslow
Good Egg, Stoke Newington
Holloway Road Cafes
Kim’s Tea & Coffee House, Saffron Walden
Lily’s Bistro & Catering, Canterbury
Marlesford Farm Cafe
Max’s Sandwich Shop, Crouch End, London
Mayfield Farm Bakery, Old Harlow
Mo’s Cafe, Tiptree
Red Dog Cafe, Inworth
Samworth & Mee, Broadstairs
The Book Club
The Exchange Cafe, Tiptree
The Food Company, Marks Tey, Essex
The Haberdashery, Stoke Newington
The Refectory Kitchen, Canterbury
The Shoulder of Mutton, Fordham, Colchester
Tony Lorenzo’s Café, Rochester
West Street Vineyard, Coggeshall
Wilkins & Son Jam Factory tea rooms, Tiptree
Chains
Cosmo Pan-Asian Grill & World Banquet dining
Damons, Lincoln
KFC
McDonalds
Nandos
Pizza Express
Red Hot Buffet
Taco Bell
Tutti “Tuscan Grille”, Freeport, Braintree
Welcome Break Services, Newport Pagnell
Westfield Shopping Centre Global Food Court
Chinese, Japanese, noodle
Crystal Palace, Chelmsford
HKK Hakkasan, London
Lantern House, Chelmsford
Plum Valley, Witham
Sakura Casual Dining, London
The Maypole, Tiptree
Zen Noodle Bar & the noodle phenomenon
French
Baumann’s Brasserie, Coggeshall
Blue Strawberry Bistrot, Hatfield Peverel, Essex
Brasserie Blanc, Cheltenham
Cote Brasserie, Islington (and sourcing chickens)
Glassboat, Bristol
La Muse, Holloway
Les Trois Garçons, Shoreditch
The Great House, Lavenham
Gastropubs
Anchor Inn, Nayland, Colchester
DuCane Arms, Great Braxted, Essex
Monro, Liverpool
Paradise by way of Kensal Green
Square & Compasses, Fuller Street, Essex
The Duncombe Arms, Ellastone
The Lion at Leavenheath
The Londesborough, Stoke Newington
The Narrow, Limehouse
The Old Crown Inn, Messing
The Old Dairy, Crouch End, London
The Swan at Lavenham
The Swan at Lavenham revisited
The Thomas Lord, West Meon, Hampshire
The Unicorn, Cublington
White Lion, London N4
Indian subcontinent
Ayo Gurkhali, Wilmslow
Chadni, Chelmsford
Dishoom, Kings Cross
EastZEast, Manchester
Kayal, Leamington Spa
Khandoker, Didsbury
Lahore Kebab House, London
Malabon, Petersfield, Hants
MyLahore, Curry Mile, Manchester
Namaste, Stourport-on-Severn
Spicy Swan Inn, Bradwell, Essex
Star of India, Leytonstone
Taste of India, Euston
Thali Cafe, Bristol
The Gurkha Restaurant, Chelmsford
The Purple Pakora, Congleton
Italian
47 The Street, Rayne, Essex
Bocca di Lupo, London
Franco Manca
Gatti’s Restaurant, City of London
Gusto, Alderley Edge
Il Principe, Inworth, Essex
Jamie’s Italian, Norwich
La Figa, Limehouse
La Piazza, Braintree
Micatto, Warwick
Nonna’s Kitchen, Hoddesdon
Polpo Covent Garden
River Cafe, Hammersmith
Rubedo, London
Villa d’Este, Marlow
Memorable foodie nights…
Middle East, Greek & Turkish
Baba’s Cafe & Bar, Greenwich
Comptoir Libonais
Kapadokya 50, York
Kosmos Taverna, Manchester
Ottolenghi, Islington
Souk Kitchen, Bristol
Stone Cave, Dalston
The Greek Larder, Kings Cross
Other European etc.
Alexander Nevski, Helsinki
Honours restaurant, Malmaison, Glasgow
The Salt Bar, Macclesfield
Pubs
Burston Crown
Fowlers Farm, Braintree (Vintage Inns)
Fox & Raven, Chelmsford (Vintage Inns)
Hazlephron Inn, Cornwall
JD Wetherspoon
King and Mill, nr Mansfield
Plough & Flail, Cheshire
Rose & Crown, Warwick
Saxon Mill, Warwick
The Bull & Willow Room, Great Totham
The Chequers, Goldhanger & the great English pub
The Chequers, Marlow
The County Arms, Truro
The Cricketers, Enfield
The Duke of York, Barnet
The Green Dragon, Willington, Derbyshire
The Plough and Flail (part 2)
The Plough at Eaton
The Steamhouse, Urmston, Manchester
The Swan at Chappel
The Wharf, Dartford
White Hart, Puckeridge
Seafood
Fosters Fish & Chips, Alderley Edge
George & Dragon, Kelvedon
Harry Ramsdens, Brighton
Henley’s Fish & Chips, Wivenhoe
Pot & Fin fish & chips/Wild Boar, Warwick
Rick Stein’s Fish (takeaway)
Smiths of Ongar
Sole Bay Fish Co, Southwold
Sutton & Sons, Stoke Newington
The Company Shed, West Mersea
The Crab House Cafe, Wyke Regis
The Friendly Fryer, Maldon
West Mersea Oyster Bar
Whitstable Oyster Fishery Company
Spanish & Latina
Black Pig With White Pearls, Stoke Newington
Cabana Brasilian BBQ, Islington
La Tasca
The Cuban, Bristol
Uno Spanish Tapas, Sutton
Zorita’s Kitchen, London
Thai, Vietnamese etc.
Baan Thitiya, Bishops Stortford
Kwan Thai, Ipswich
Mien Tay, Hoxton
O’cha Thai Restaurant, Macclesfield
Tampopo, Manchester
Tiien Thai, Bournemouth
Totally Thai, Warwick
Viet Kitchen, Chelmsford
Viet Kitchen, Colchester
Vietnamese Kitchen/Cay Tre Soho
Food
Cooking techniques etc
British BBQs
Kitchen essentials
On quantities and recipes…
Science vs Nature
Dishes & dinners
Charlie Bigham’s range
Economical dinners for students
Fish & chips: Mr Ramsden is spinning in his grave
Hello Fresh
Mixed Grill
Perfect creamed mushrooms
Pies and pasties
Pizza origins
Salads
Tesco Finest: “Indian king prawn tikka masala & rice”
The art of a great steak
The Great English Breakfast
The humble sandwich
Vegetable soup
Waitrose Mushroom Risotto
Drinks
Beer
Booze & health
Coffeeeeeee
OJ habits
Spirits
Wine culture
Food culture & habits
A condiment story
Buffet dining
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Eating out
Ethnic eating
Fast food
Healthy eating
Home deliveries
Icelandic dining
Land of the Bland
Picnics & festival food
Pop-up restaurants
Restaurant service charges
Sensory denial, or why we really go to restaurants
Slow food revolution
The Aga file
The Great British Pub
Variety is the spice of life
Ingredients & sourcing
Bacon – the edible variety!
Charcuterie & other meaty delights
Cheap burgers and the horsemeat saga
Cheaper cuts
Cheddar: a bastardised delicacy
Cheese please…
Cure & Simple bacon: taste test
Local sourcing p1: Eggs
Local sourcing p2: Veg
Local sourcing p3: Meat/Fish
Luxury foods
Sausage quest
Miscellany & rants
A letter to Branston
Faddiness
Food marketing revisited
HP Sauce: the truth!
Intro to Student Recipe Book
Levi Roots, the brand
Red Tractor: the quality we deserve?
Shelf life
The UK bread scandal
What’s a portion?
Why I’m a foodie
Past and present
70s food
Food nostalgia
Movies
Lists
20 iconic movie scenes
A selection of seriously scary movies
Best ever performance in a movie
Movies I detest
Movies that make me cry
My Top 20 Movies
What irritates me most about movies
Movie miscellany
Movies & cinemas, past & present
Oscar hysteria
Pain and suffering
Popcorn rip-offs
The Lord Chamberlain’s legacy
The TV Christmas movie season 2013
Stars & performers
My spooky Peter Sellers story
My Tarantino story
Orson Welles: my favourite actor/director
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Woody Allen
Music
Artistes, Composers & Performers
Bob Dylan
Chopin
Christy Moore
Jacques Brel
Robert Cray
SAHB
Tom Lehrer
Lists
Best gigs ever
Desert Island Discs
Favourite TV Themes
Funeral music
My Favourite Love Songs
My Favourite Riffs
My Favourite Sax Solos
My favourite songs by… Bob Dylan
My favourite songs by… David Bowie
My favourite songs by… Elton John
My favourite songs by… Steely Dan
My favourite songs by… The Smiths
Musical miscellany
Millward’s minor key theory
Prog rock and me
Vocal tics
Novels
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem
Sample: Dr Handley
Sample: escape!
Sample: Festive cheer
Sample: Redbrook Place
Sample: Rich Carver
Catastrophe
Catastrophe (full version)
Sample: Evacuation
Sample: Marco
Sample: torture
Synopsis
Cold Spot
Cold Spot 2: The Two Gregs
Cold Spot 3: The Legacy of Dick Pepper
Constantinople
Ideas for future novels…
Recipes
Asian dishes
Andy’s Pork Dansak
Channa dal
Curry home-style
Indian roast lamb & accompaniments
Sizzling fillet steak (for Lindsey)
Tarka dal (simple version)
Thai-style Seafood Red Curry
Breakfasts & egg dishes
Corned beef hash
Devilled kidneys & offal cookery
Eggs Benedict
Pancakes, Anglo-American style
Scrambled eggs
Desserts
A mere Trifle…
Butterscotch
Poached pears
Roasted vanilla peaches
Meaty mains
Another Spanish chicken dish…
BBQ sticky ribs
Beer can BBQ chicken
Burger & chips
Burritos
Cassoulet mark 2 & confit duck
Cassoulet Millward
Duck breast dinner
Fillet of pork with ginger, honey and cider
Goulash variations
Jerk chicken, rice & peas
Lamb, done two ways
Lancashire hotpot
Pollo en la sartén
Porcetta
Porcine Shepherd’s Pie
Pot roast brisket
Rabbit casserole
Sausages braised in ale
Slow roast Belly Pork
Spanish chicken & chorizo casserole
Spatchcocked chicken, roast veg
Stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in pancetta
Stuffed chicken thighs with Moroccan chick pea sauce
Tagine
Tea-smoked chicken
Tiptree pulled pork
Pasta
A summer menu
Andypasti
Bolognaise
Macaroni cheese
Seafood tagliatelle (for Lindsey)
Slow roast lamb & porcini ragout
Seafood
Beetroot gravad lax
Bream encrusted with za’atar & sumac, roast chickpea salad
Panfried sea bass with samphire
Scallops in cream sauce
Seafood gumbo
Seared scallops, Jersey royals, asparagus
Thai Fishcakes
Sides & accompaniments
Andy’s tutti-frutti Christmas stuffing
Andy’s vinaigrette salad dressing
Braised red cabbage
Bread sauce
Caramelised onions
Easy pea & mint puree
Mayonnaise & Potato Salad
Perfect steamed rice
Pommes Dauphinoise
Port & Redcurrant sauce for lamb
Thrice-cooked chips
Yorkshire puds
Snacks & starters
Andy’s toastie
Cheese soufflé
Hummus
Minestrone & Gazpacho
Prawn cocktail
Roasted squash, shallot and thyme soup
Salt Beef and Reuben Sandwich
Scotch eggs
Spanish omelette
Tomato soup
Veggie dishes
Mushroom risotto
Spiced bean stew
Reviews
Action & adventure
Argo
Baby Driver
Captain Phillips
Django Unchained
Dunkirk
Elysium
Fury
Hell or High Water
Inception
Inglourious Basterds
Iron Man 3
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Leon
Limitless
London has Fallen
Now you see me…
Oceans 11-13
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
Sicario
Skyfall
Snakes on a Plane
Source Code
SPECTRE and the Bond phenomenon
The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn
The Art of the Steal
The Brothers Grimm
The Edge
The French Connection
The Hurt Locker
The Nice Guys
The Revenant
The Road to Perdition
Thief
V for Vendetta
Art exhibitions
Biopics
12 Years a Slave
A Dangerous Method
A Walk In The Woods
American Gangster
Apollo 13
Behind the Candelabra
Bernie
Born to be Blue
Breach
Burton & Taylor
Capote
Catch Me If You Can
Chaplin
Dallas Buyers Club
Denial
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Donnie Brasco
Eddie the Eagle
Erin Brockovich
Escape From Alcatraz
Florence Foster Jenkins
Frida
Frost/Nixon
Girl, Interrupted
Hitchcock
Hotel Rwanda
Hunger
Immortal Beloved
Last King of Scotland
Legend
Lincoln
Lovelace
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Miles Ahead
Mr Turner
My Week With Marilyn
Parkland
Persepolis
Philomena
Rush
Saving Mr Banks
Selma
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Spotlight
Stan
Steve Jobs
Suffragette
The Big Short
The Boston Strangler
The Butler
The Fifth Estate
The Imitation Game
The Impossible
The Iron Lady
The Lady in the Van
The Look Of Love
The Most Hated Woman In America
The Social Network
The Theory of Everything
The Wolf of Wall Street
Thirteen Days
Topsy Turvy
Trumbo
Books etc.
Bluffer’s Guide to Management
Bluffer’s Guide To Your Own Business
The Collected Poems of Roger McGough
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Classics
12 Angry Men
A Clockwork Orange
A Matter Of Life And Death
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Touch of Evil
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
All About Eve
Amadeus
Anna Karenina
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Brief Encounter
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Chimes at Midnight
Citizen Kane
Coriolanus
Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Goodfellas
Great Expectations
Hamlet (Branagh)
Hamlet (RSC)
It’s A Wonderful Life
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Macbeth (1971)
Macbeth (2015)
Much Ado About Nothing
Network
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Psycho
Raging Bull
Schindler’s List
Some Like It Hot
Sunset Boulevard
The Apartment
The Elephant Man
The Godfather trilogy
The Pawnbroker
The Third Man
To Kill A Mockingbird
Vertigo
Vertigo (with spoilers)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Comedies, animations etc.
A Bunch of Amateurs
Airplane!
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
American Hustle
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Arthur Christmas & kids movies
As Good As It Gets
Beginners
Birdman
Brazil
Bright Young Things
Broken Flowers
Bunny & the Bull
Calvary
Catch 22
Chef
Death at a Funeral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
Filth
Forrest Gump… and why I don’t rate it!
Gambit
Gemma Bovery
Harold and Maude
Horrible Bosses
Hugo
I Give It A Year
In Bruges
In The Loop
Irma la Douce
Julie & Julia
Juno
Last Vegas
Le Week-End
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Monuments Men
My Cousin Vinny
Nine Lives
Paddington
Parked
Paul
Pride
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Seven Psychopaths
Sightseers
St Trinians (original film series)
Starter for 10
The Angels’ Share
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Big Lebowski
The Blues Brothers
The Full Monty
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Guard
The Hippopotamus
The Hundred Foot Journey
The Legend of Barney Thomson
The Lobster
The Love Punch
The Men Who Stare At Goats
The World’s End
Today’s Special
Up In The Air
War Machine
Documentaries etc.
Amanda Knox
Amy
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Casting JonBenet
Five Documentaries
Man On Wire
Mea Maxima Culpa
More Netflix documentaries
Nobody Speak: The Trials Of The First Amendment
The Keepers
The Smartest Guys In The Room
Tim’s Vermeer
Tower
What happened, Miss Simone?
Dramas
45 Years
A Little Chaos
A Single Man
American Beauty
Anomalisa
Another Year
Atonement
August: Osage County
Black Snake Moan
Boyhood
Brokeback Mountain
Brooklyn
Carnage
Carol
Dangerous Liaisons
Deception aka The Best Offer
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Doubt
Equus
Gangs of New York & Martin Scorcese
Glengarry Glen Ross
Good Will Hunting
Hector
In The Heat Of The Night
Inside Llewyn Davis
Life is Beautiful
Life of Pi
Locke
Lost in Translation
Manchester by the Sea
Margin Call
Mr Holmes
One Day
Philadelphia
Precious
Quartet
Remains of the Day
Requiem for a Dream
Revolutionary Road
Safe Haven
Shawshank Redemption
Still Alice
Still Life
T2:Trainspotting
Tallulah
The Artist
The Book Thief
The Company Men
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Departed
The Forger
The Great Gatsby
The Help
The Hours
The King of Comedy
The Lovely Bones
The Railway Man
The Reader
The Time Traveler’s Wife
This is England
Trainspotting
War Horse
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Whiplash
Wit
Foreign language movies
A Very Long Engagement
Amélie
Cinema Paradiso
Das Boot
Delicatessen
Departures
Downfall
Good Bye Lenin
Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources
La Vie En Rose
Livid
Mid-August Lunch
Son of Saul
Tampopo
The Battle of Algiers
The City of Life and Death
The Closet
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Lives of Others
The Secret In Their Eyes
The Tin Drum
Untouchable
Gigs & festivals
Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale, 606 Club
Braintree: home to the Ska revival revival
Branford Marsalis, Union Chapel
Cambridge Folk Festival
Greenwich
Buzzcocks
Pogues
Hop Farm
Latitude
Paolo Nutini
Seasick Steve/Bellowhead
Mawkin
Simpson Cutting Kerr
Horror
Black Swan
Cabin in the Woods
Dark Shadows
Don’t Look Now
Eraserhead
Halloween
Horns
It Follows
John Carpenter’s The Thing
Repulsion
The Orphan (and the horror genre)
The Shining
The Woman in Black
Unfriended
World War Z
Micro-reviews
Mini-movie reviews
Miscellaneous
Black Ops: Call of Duty 2
Hyundai Blue i40
Mini One Convertible
Music albums
Musicals
Cabaret
Chicago
Les Misérables
My Fair Lady
Oh! What A Lovely War
Quadrophenia
Sing Street
Sunshine on Leith
West Side Story
Sci-fi & fantasy
2001: A Space Odyssey
Attack the Block
Brazil
Dark Star
Ex-Machina (with spoilers)
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Gravity
High Rise
Interstellar
Looper
Prometheus
Source Code
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Martian
Under The Skin
What Happened To Monday?
Stage operas & musicals
Iolanthe (ENO)
La Traviata (ENO)
Little Shop of Horrors, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Madame Butterfly (ENO)
Pirates of Penzance (ENO)
The Magic Flute (ENO)
The Mikado (ENO)
The Nutcracker, ROH
Theatrical productions
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, London
Amadeus (National theatre)
Billy Liar, Royal Exchange Manchester
Calendar Girls (Writte CARDS)
Enchanted April (Writtle CARDS)
Frankenstein (Writtle CARDS)
Good, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Hamlet (RSC)
Hamlet, National Theatre
Hello Norma Jeane, Park Theatre
Julius Caesar, Donmar at Kings Cross
King Lear, Royal Exchange Manchester
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