Archive for January, 2008
Alexander at length
I’ve started watching the Oliver Stone epic Alexander. I say ‘started’ because the version I have (the Alexander Revisisted’ version which, strangely is the Director’s revision of his own ‘Director’s Cut’) is over 3 and a half hours long. I don’t have time to watch a four hour film. So I’t more of a mini-series [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2008 under Reviews, Stuff.
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No, but I need it
The new MacBook Air has been launched. Wafer-thin, full-size LCD backlit display, illuminated keyboard. Oh I want one. No, I need one. And I deserve it. Really.
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under Stuff.
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H.V. Morton
As a Christmas present to myself I bought the biography of H.V. Morton, the travel writer. I love Morton’s books. A battered copy of In the Steps of St Paul accompanied me on a trip round Turkey (it wasn’t battered before the trip, incidentally). Morton is a great writer, and his description of Paul in [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2008 under Books, Reviews.
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