It feels like every year I go into the Eurovision song contest thinking, meh, I'll watch a bit, see if it grabs me, but I'm really not that bothered this time round. Almost like moving the twenty minute rule from my film watching into the song contest arena as well. I can't quite believe it's been two years since Sam Ryder, and I pretty much just want to relive that …

I thought this BBC post about the future of the album was interesting, considering that I spend more time than I'd like trying to decide what counts as an album for my music listening project. The article is pondering the past and future of the album, given how much focus there has been on singles of late, with Taylor Swift leading the charge in a celebration of all things long …

I've forged ahead and watched a lot of Trying episodes in an effort to finish my rewatch before the fourth season begins. I really can't express how much I love this show, and how much I relate to Nikki. I found the last few episodes of the first series were lighter on hilarious quotes though, as the drama ramped up a bit, so I have gathered together three episodes in …

I was on something of a leadership course this week and they mentioned the book Turn the Ship Around by David Marquet, which I have previously read. We were played the below video which illustrates a talk from Marquet in relation to this book and I just love it - both the animation as it's very engaging, and the message at heart as well.

Incredibly, it was a year ago that I posted the last of these quotes from the amazing Apple TV show Trying. Last time I said 'in preparation for the new series, I started rewatching the show' and hey, guess what? A new series of coming so I started dipping into the back catalogue again! Genius can't be rushed, that's what I say. In case you're not aware of the show, …

I wasn't expecting it, but the first couple of months of this year have seen a real uptick of movie watching in this household. There's no rhyme or reason to it but suddenly the bug to watch ALL THE FILMS is back and that means keeping an eye on what's upcoming actually feels like it has a purpose again, rather than just adding to an overlooked list. April Monkey Man …