After yesterday's moaning about the current state of a BBC television programme, I thought I should be more positive about the BBC. I was thinking about how much the BBC means to me – how much I associate growing up with various things watched on television, or discovering new music…
I think I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to ever do an entire year of posting daily, although it doesn't mean I'm entirely happy about it. The first two unexpected sabbaticals in this year of attempted daily blogging had specific reasons, which I thought would…
(The short answer to the question is: I don’t know. The long answer is me waffling on for several paragraphs without coming to a conclusion. And this probably won’t answer the question, even to my own satisfaction, which mean I will probably come back to it in the future.) I’ve…
I'm not going to be sharing my thoughts on recently consumed pop culture this evening. Nothing on comic books or trade paperbacks or films or television or novels. I'm not even going to dredge up some old writing and post it in place of more topical content. The reason? I'm…
I'm taking a moment in my daily blogging schedule to step back from my goal (of discussing all the various entertainments I've consumed and getting up to date on them) and think about my blogging, so feel free to ignore this self-indulgence on my part. I'm getting close to aim…
[This is an old piece of writing – from 2005 – which was an attempt to write an article for a women's magazine about why men should like romantic comedies. I never tried to actually send it, but I do like the attempt, which is why I thought I'd post…
It looks like I lasted 4 months this time before I broke my pledge to post something daily on this blog this year. I’m angry with myself that I didn’t post for the past three days, especially as I had already interrupted my run back in April, but I'm also…
[An old memory, from my time living in America, as I tried to capture my experience of going to an American football match, having only watched it on television.] Sunday, 15 September 2002. Indianapolis, Indiana. I have a ticket to see the Miami Dolphins take on the Indianapolis Colts at…
I can't remember the last time I went to Tate Britain, or why I went there (although I do remember seeing David Walliams at the same exhibition; it's funny the things you remember), so it was nice to visit it again. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, brought to people's attention…
I know this is a bit self-indulgent, but six months of almost daily blogging is something worth marking. With the exception of those few days in April, I've posted every day this year, a better history than the previous five years (yes, I've been blogging, rather badly, for five years).…