Finally, I have managed to cross 'Watch Back to the Future: The Musical' off my to do list. There have been a couple of failed attempts and I've been worried that the universe didn't want me to see it, but I've thwarted the universe and seen the brilliance of this show. I went in with trepidation, of course I did. When they announced there was going to be a BTTF …

Have you watched The Muppets Mayhem on Disney+? You may be thinking 'no, of course not, why would I' but I'm here to tell you that you absolutely should. I wasn't aware of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, even though by all accounts they've been around for nearly fifty years, but their comedy musical series that was released in May was surprisingly brilliant viewing. At first, I gave it …

Almost a year ago, I wrote about a tweak to this very website that split off the films into their own sub-site, to try and speed things up as a publisher. It turns out, the more you write, the more a static site generator struggles to keep up. Well, fast forward to the present and I'm very happy to say the films are back home where they belong - all …

Julia Bradbury has walked all over the UK and made various TV episodes about her adventures, but one that has always stuck with me is the Worcester & Birmingham canal walk. Julia split the nearly 50km walk into a two day mission, stopping off at Tardebigge to break up the two halves. I finally got organised and kicked off this walk, but only did about 10km in the one session, …

I'm still learning a lot about yarn, the different types and weights, materials and measures, the fact that they appear to be sold in grams rather than length, and that kind of thing. But I do like perusing the huge variety of colours and yarns available, and was happy to find the above in store. Yarn made from recycled bottles is genius, isn't it? What a great use of bottles …

This little one was less than 1cm long, but the iPhone picks up so much detail!

It feels like the output of both TV and films has slowed somewhat, presumably relating to the strikes that are ongoing. Although any situation that forces a strike is not great, it is a bit of a relief to have a minute to think about what we're watching and actually catch up a bit. I've been looking through the next few months of movie releases and there are quite a …

We need to talk about Silo... and there will be spoilers. To set thing up, I was looking forward to this obviously, as it's about a post-apocalyptic world where a hardy group of survivors live in a sealed bunker, make do and mend, because the outside world is so dangerous. I hadn't read the books, although I have now somehow managed to snap up all three of the books for …

It's Wimbledon time! Lush green grass courts, strawberries and cream, and one eye always watching the weather to see how much play is going to get completed each day. I can't wait! Here are five things I'm looking forward to ahead of the 2023 tournament: Being on it. Have watched qualifying and kept an eye on that draw, as well as being ready with the draw and the order of …

I've been meaning to write this post all week and I admit it feels a bit late to be talking about Glastonbury Festival a full week on from when it ended. But then again, I still watch old sets from past Glasto festivals, so potentially it's a timeless thing and it doesn't matter how long it takes me to get these thoughts down. This is just some thoughts from the …