The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

.....and a happy new year.

Well. That was much the best movie in which Lady Galadriel pretends to be Bob Dylan that I've seen this week.

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Is there any possible reason why "Where his children gather round, bright like stars with glory crowned" might be preferred to ...

"Look then to be well edified, as the fool delivers the madman." So, let's see. The murder of John Lennon, re-enacted on the ...

So. Is it child abuse to describe little Jimmy as a "cultural Christian" , do you think?

Dave Sim: Having just finished a biography of William Blake, I understand he suffered terribly from this. In many ways, he was the origina...

Do I have the right? Simply touch one wire against the other and that's it - the Daleks cease to exist. Hundreds of millions of people, ...

Here lies a whole world after one Peculiar mode; a buried sun, Stars and immensities of sky And cities here discarded lie. The prince who ow...

This time, we manage to go from "People sometimes support football teams from towns where they don't live" to "The Gover...

Why are elephants large, grey and wrinkled? Because if they were small, white and smooth, they'd be aspirins. The BBC documentary ...

Right. Suppose I'd better start trying to catch up, then.

"It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad he could not see the dead face. H...

Likely to be out of circulation for the next three weeks (nothing bad.)

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