TV
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The Wire being on terrestrial telly is truly odd, I think. People are saying ‘it’s rubbish’, having watched three episodes, clearly without ever hearing Wiremeister David Simon’s brutal dismissals of ‘the average viewer’, in whom he claims not even to be slightly interested. In fact, it’s not a series for watching casually on the box;…
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Right, that’s the Sunday Herald Diary (aka Tom Morton’s Week) off to the subs and I can concentrate on writing for free… Last night’s first film in the adaptation of David Peace’s Red Riding books, has been hailed by foaming-mouthed TV critics as brilliant beyond belief. These people are clearly wrong. What’s more, they didn’t…
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I am kind to our chickens. Or hens, as Monty Halls was sternly informed “we call them up here” during last night’s Escape To River Cottage (North) Only With a Marine Commando And His Demented Dog on the telly. Alas, our hens do not repay that kindness. Failing to lay eggs and, despite being fed…
