Out of 2022 – Into 2023

2022 followed in 2021’s wake, in that motivation continued to be lacking. Bizarrely, I had spurts of ambition and often planned a lot of things (& even started stuff), but then I just couldn’t follow it all through – #MindTheBand and #MindTheBard are two cases in point. I got some things written but it was like […]

2022: A few of my favourite things

I think I’m getting much better at doing a wide variety of things these days (I’m not content to just do theatre night after night after night), so I’m back with a bit of a round-up of things other than theatre again. Having become a County Championship/Royal London Cup member at Surrey – and travelled […]

Challenge Week 2022: Mind The Baubles

Some of you may remember that five years ago I embarked on a mission to see as many versions of A Christmas Carol as feasibly possible over the festive season – and whilst I could do that again (that cup overfloweth more than usual this year), I’ve decided to try for just a tad more […]

Bondathon: Ranking the theme tunes (5-1)

Before I get into the final five, after meticulously running through 25-21, 20-16, 15-11, and 10-6 over the past few weeks, I want to give an honourable mention to a song that a lot of people will associate with the Bond theme genre. We Have All the Time in the World by Louis Armstrong is a […]

Bondathon: Ranking the theme tunes (10-6)

Having gone through from 25-21, then 20-16, then 15-11 – you should hopefully have a reasonable idea as to what is left, and what might be featuring in this penultimate post… There’s a decent mix of up-to-date and classic Bond themes in each post, though for this one we are looking back a bit further […]

Bondathon: Ranking the theme tunes (15-11)

After going through songs 25-21 and songs 20-16, we’re getting down to the nitty gritty now. This is potentially where things start to get a little controversial, as personal preference plays a larger role this time. It’s a bit of a mix, though leaning more towards the modern side of things overall. 15 – From […]

Bondathon: Ranking the theme tunes (20-16)

Following on from last week’s countdown from 25 to 21, which felt a little samey for the most part, I’m back with the next five songs in my countdown. I think this shows a bit more variety, and has also made use of some of my critical faculties, rather than solely relying on personal taste; […]

Bondathon: Ranking the theme tunes (25-21)

Hardly an original idea, but it’s taken me until doing this Bondathon to consider the canon of theme tunes as a whole, rather than the regular few favourites. This isn’t an intensely analytical series by any means – it’ll mostly be subjective, with a little dash of objectivity thrown in every now and then. Maybe […]

#FilmFebruary: Dear Mr Scott

Thank you for blaming the flop of your recent film, The Last Duel, on millennials. It annoyed me at the time, as you had fallen into the classic trap of confusing Gen Z for millennials (those of us in the latter group are ever so slightly older) – apparently it’s easily done, but that doesn’t make […]

#FilmFebruary: Mind the Blog’s Films To Be Buried With

I listen to a lot of list-based podcasts, consequently I’ve been trying to work out my dream meal (Off Menu), dream festival (The Line-Up), and dream pub (The Moon Under Water) for quite some time now. But as it’s #FilmFebruary, and I managed to bag a ticket for the most recent live recording of Films To […]