The Death of Stalin – film review
It is a very British film about a very Russian subject Continue reading The Death of Stalin – film review
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Really Liked but Can’t Remember Anything/Much About
Embarrassingly enough, I have quite a few of those! Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Really Liked but Can’t Remember Anything/Much About
The Post – film review
Steven Spielberg’s The Post is named as an Oscar favourite for 2018 and it is hard not to see why. A film directed by Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in the main roles must necessarily attract attention. The events depicted in the film take place in The Washington Post newspaper during Nixon’s administration. Tom Hanks plays the Ben Bradlee, the executive editor and Meryl Streep … Continue reading The Post – film review
The Party – film review
I went to see this film by complete coincidence. It was the second film on a New Year’s Eve film screening (the first was The Big Sick), and I had not heard of it at all before then. The Party is a black comedy directed by Sally Potter, (who apparently also directed a film version of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando – another film I was completely … Continue reading The Party – film review
Otegha Uwagba “Little Black Book” – book review
It’s quite short – it took me about an hour or less to read it.
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Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2017
I am planning to read those in 2018… we’ll see how it goes… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Books I Meant to Read in 2017
The Classics Club Reading List
A list of 50 + classics that I intend to read in the next 5 years Continue reading The Classics Club Reading List
The Big Sick – film review
A sweet romantic comedy, which explores many of the racial and national tensions present in the US today Continue reading The Big Sick – film review
Viktor E. Frankl “Man’s Search for Meaning” – book review
I’ve been planning to read this book for quite some time. I heard it was an essay about the meaning of life written by a psychiatrist (or logotherapist as he calls himself) who was also an Auschwitz survivor. As such, my expectations were sky high and so perhaps easily disappointed. After all, if any one book explained the meaning of life, wouldn’t everything be solved? … Continue reading Viktor E. Frankl “Man’s Search for Meaning” – book review
Kedi (Nine Lives – Cats in Istanbul) – film review
Kedi is a Turkish documentary film about the cats roaming the streets of Istanbul. Continue reading Kedi (Nine Lives – Cats in Istanbul) – film review
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