Best of British

St. Trinian’s 2…….best film I’ve seen this year. Won’t spoil the plot but beside being v, v. funny in a Carry On type style at times it’s also an amazing bit of social observation. There are also some excellent cultural observations.
The sub-cultures have been updated from the first movie to reflect contemporary culture [...]



Noughties Teens – Holding Out for a Hero

So I am the mother of a child of the noughties. A child who, according to the Times, is likely to find herself facing the following issues due, in part, to the death of feminism. The article says, “The Noughties has left a generation of girls feeling puzzled and scared. They don’t know whether to [...]



New Moon rising over Folk on the Tyne

Yesterday afternoon I started part 1 of the Third Party alternative Christmas thing before heading off to enjoy a v. special bit of “me time”.
For those who aren’t aware Third Party and I normally do Christmas Day a couple of days before she heads south for Chrimbo with her dad. Normally it is a [...]



Religulous

Religulous, I believe, should be mandatory viewing for every Christian aged 13 and above (despite it’s 15 certificate). Within this comedy-documentary Bill Maher explores religion, as a doubter who is seeking to understand whilst remaining appropriately cynical.
This gives us the first lesson to be learnt from the film. A sizeable number of those we come [...]



Modern Morality Tale

Last night in the hot weather I reverted to emergency measures to stop Third Party being overly irritable….an evening spent chilling over a chick flick.
Confessions of a Shopaholic , (Wiki link for info),was the film chosen to bring peace and harmony to the household. Now I have to admit I wasn’t overly keen initially. I’d [...]