51 Neil P

Making Sense

It’s easy to moan about business and how it affects the environment, isn’t it? And to some extent it makes you feel included, since it’s something most people have something to say about. But how many of us actually understand what it means to run a business? I didn’t until yesterday. I met up with a friend of mine who owns his own business and fired a few questions at him: what I heard made me realize just how ignorant More

Adverts, What Are They Good For?

Oh my lord, I can barely stand to watch another minute of television after these last few months in Canada. I come from the UK and we have adverts, of course we do, and I thought they were annoying. Nothing was to prepare me for what I saw when I landed in Canada, however.

In England there are advertisements between programs and in the middle of programs, which is infuriating, especially if you are watching some gripping drama (’Lost’ comes More

A Grim Handshake

Fantasy conquering author Terry Pratchett is not afraid to stand up and say exactly what he thinks about life and the universe, as has always been the case with things the man feels passionately about.

When this weeks news story broke—with the infamous author standing up for those too terminally ill to be able to take their own lives as he believes should be their basic human right—nobody was at all surprised; only days before, Kay Gilderdale, mother of long-term More

Lost, the finale!

Since I started watching Lost in late 2009 (that’s right, I had not seen one episode before then) I have become hooked. Never one for sitting down to watch television shows, it wasn’t that Lost didn’t look interesting to me before, it was just that I am not a fan of routinely sitting down just to watch TV.

However, a visit to a friends house and some beers led to a conversation developing over Lost. I noticed that she had More

How Potter Broke The Mould.

In 1994, Britain lost one of its greatest playwrights. By the time of his death, Dennis Potter had totally changed the way that television drama was made.

Just about everyone will have heard of ‘The Singing Detective’ and it still remains Potter’s most famous work, but he created many more stories than this. He had already dazzled television audiences with his serial, ‘Pennies from Heaven’ and his work in stage plays had given critics a great deal to talk about.

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The Movie I Saw Last Night.

I am a big fan of Science Fiction movies but not the ones that draw crowds. Things like, ‘Independence Day’ or the modern ‘War of The Worlds’ bore me to tears. The kind that I enjoy have a bit more substance about them. I don’t want to sound like a snob but when I watch a film I like it to make me think.

Last night I saw, ‘Solaris’ with George Clooney. I remember it coming out in 2002 More

The Christmas Spirit.

It is strange how much of an effect the snow has on us all. I have just walked into town and everyone seems to be in such a good mood. It is only a few more days to Christmas and there are lots of people frantically looking around for last minute presents. Even the elderly, who have to be so careful on the ice, look like they are in a jolly mood.

The kids had made a five foot snowman More

House MD in a tranvestite!!

Shocking news everyone. I found this in the forum. DR House is a transvestite! OMG I love the show but now I’m lost all respect for him. It hard to buy his angry cutting character whilst knowing that he is poncing around the rocky mountain with a bunch other men in a 60 dress.

I demand that everyone stop watching House now, this cannot be encouraged. What if it spreads into the mentalist or other TV shows this need sto be stopped.