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In the summer of 1997, when we were shopping in Dillon’s in Nottingham, my mum pointed out a book she had heard reviewed on Radio 4 and thought I might enjoy. We bought it. That book was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
I started at Nottingham High School two weeks later, and got round to [...]
You know those bags of rice what they advertise on the telly from that nice Mr Uncle Ben? The ones that you stick in the microwave for a couple of minutes and when you take them out you have a whole meal ready for you?
Well, you know how it says on the packet to make [...]
They showed a trailer for Disney’s big Christmas film, Enchanted, before Harry Potter yesterday. I’m actually rather looking forward to this…
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Official Site Embiggen poster Metacritic Rating: 71 My Rating: 9/10
Here begins seven days of Potter madness.
It was always going to be difficult to adapt Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The longest Potter book, it contains a remarkable amount of waffle and prevaricating, and a not inconsiderable heaping of emoting for most of the main characters. [...]
BBC News is reporting that the UK’s Commission for Racial Equality is “calling on high street book[stores] to pull a Tintin adventure from its shelves over claims it is racist.”
Yes, it contains “bourgeois, paternalistic stereotypes of the period – an interpretation some readers may find offensive” (in the words of the Tintin’s UK publisher, Egmont). [...]
Last Thursday, I was paid for my first couple of weeks work at Enzyme. But no social insurance number = no bank account = nowhere to bank a cheque. Sigh.
On Friday I finally got a social insurance number (this involved a rather enjoyable couple of hours out of work, so that was fun). But… both [...]
So, there are just over twelve days (or just under, depending on where you are in the world) to go before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released worldwide.
I reserved my copy yesterday at Chapters in Montreal. While UK booksellers are battling it out over who can make the biggest loss selling Potter (Amazon [...]
I was catching up on my podcasts on the bus to Montreal yesterday, including MusicalTalk (“the UK’s only independent musical theatre podcast”), which included a review of The Lord of the Rings.
As it appears I never actually finished my review of the show when I saw it in May, I suggest you listen to this. [...]
I spotted this at Montreal’s central bus station yesterday:
[Clicky for bigger at Flickr]
Those crazy Canadians took the word “guichet”, which can mean both “ticket window” and “wicket”, and picked the wrong translation.
Well, I found it funny, anyway.
[More of my Montreal photos at Flickr]
Finally, some good news from the Middle East:
The BBC is reporting that Alan Johnston, its Gaza correspondent who was taken hostage nearly four months ago, has been released to the Hamas government. He is, apparently, tired but in good health.
I think it’s fair to say that this must be a huge relief to Mr Johnston, [...]