Occasional Jottings

Wild Man Creek  by Robyn Carr (2011) There's obviously a formula to the Virgin River  books, but Robyn Carr does a good job of var...

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) I've been meaning to watch this for a while, having heard acceptable thing...

Back to the Future  (1985) Forty years old and as fresh as a daisy (although I'm not sure what's specifically so pristine abou...

Backtrack  by Tessa Niles (2015) Tessa Niles might not be a household name, but if you come from the generation of music fans that rea...

Titanic  (1997) I've always found this film fascinating, but I'm not sure I can explain why. It's spectacular still, even ...

Stephen Fry in America  by Stephen Fry (2008) The book of the series, although I didn't know either existed until I found this in ...

Some Kind of Wonderful  (1987) The opening scenes and credits of this, set to Propaganda's fantastic " Abuse - Here ", a...