Occasional Jottings

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...

Emma  by Jane Austen (1815) I found it hard to read this time without making mental comparisons with the plot of Clueless;  but then a...

Pride and Prejudice  (1995) Ah yes, the iconic BBC production, with Colin Firth and that look . Sure, it has its faults and it's o...

Reach for the Stars  by Michael Cragg (2023) An interesting companion to the Boybands Forever  mini-series on the BBC I watched last y...

Space: The Human Story  by Tim Peake (2023) A chatty, informal jaunt through the history of space travel. I don't think much of th...