Cheryl Cole – Parachute

Despite my initial dislike of the song (see my review of her album), I have done an about-turn on my original thoughts and now rather like this song! I maintain that I like it mainly due to the melody and fabulous orchestrations, but concede that this is actually a rather good song overall.

Eddie Izzard – Marathon Man

All I can say is that I have the HUGEST amount of respect for Eddie Izzard having watched him run around the UK – completing 43 marathons (1166 miles) in just 51 days. I’ve been a fan of Izzard for some time now, however his achievement on this has been staggering –  it just makes […]

250k

I am very pleased to report that this blog saw its 250,000th visitor last night! 😀 Ever the chap working in accounting (so forecasts and ‘budgets’ come naturally), it happened pretty much exactly when I thought it would, 23:45 on Friday night – a nice bit of excitement for a quiet Friday night in, and […]

Michael Crichton: The Great Train Robbery

I’ve recently been reading Michael Crichton’s historical novel The Great Train Robbery [Random House, 1975]. “In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Rich, handsome and ingenious, Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly […]