Reviews & Opinions from Across the Pond
My son will be 10 at the end of December, and after several years of him asking to join a football team, I finally relented and found him a club for this season. (By football, I mean the game that is called “soccer” in some parts of the world—the one that’s actually played with one’s feet rather than one’s hands, hence the name. This is the first and last time you’ll hear me call it soccer) Read More …
This morning, on the School Run, I had the music on my phone playing on shuffle through my car stereo via Bluetooth rather than listening to the radio and Nirvana’s “Smells like Teen Spirit” came on. As the intro faded into the angst-ridden first verse I said to my son, “One of the best songs Read More …
When I was around 15, I picked out a book by some author I’d never heard of with this funny, cartoon-ish cover.
That book changed my life.
Terry Pratchett is the reason I write today. I can pay him no higher tribute than that. Read More …
I’m a dad. Twice over. Which means I’ve probably read “The Gruffalo” a hundred million billion times. In fact, I even know it by heart and to prove that, I started reciting it to Mrs Nobbs over dinner last night—No one can ever accuse me of not having riveting dinner conversation. Anyway, for your listening Read More …
Ever since the Calender Girls of a branch of the Women’s Institute in Yorkshire stripped off to raise money for Cancer Research via a tasteful nude calender in 1999, the whole nude calender thing has become a bit of a British Tradition – and 2015 is no exception. Below are a few pictures from a selection of Read More …
I was walking back to the car at the end of the work day yesterday, scrolling though some of the notifications on my phone when I found this… It seems that I either have a fan in a very high place, or I’m on a very dangerous watchlist. I really do hope it’s the former. I Read More …
So, as 2014 comes to an end, we find that my stated aim for this section of the blog from October was a miserable failure. After a review of one episode of X-Factor and a single review of The Apprentice, well, that was all I managed to do. The reason (or excuse) is the same as Read More …
After starting up “From Across the Pond” again, I did find myself trying to work out just what it was for. Well, now I know. From now on, “From Across the Pond” will become my place to write reviews of TV, Film, Books, music – anything really. They will be mixed in with a celebration Read More …
I know, I know, I really should stop reading the Daily Mail. It’s not very P.C. of me and probably shows up my inherently right-leaning tenancies. But it’s a pretty good mobile app so it’s not like a pay to read it and, honestly, when you find gems like this article, how can you possibly Read More …
It has, to put it mildly, been freaking hot in the UK the past week or so. I mean, seriously hot. We’re not used to it here. We’re used to grey skies and drizzle. So, in celebration of the lovely weather, here are some customary generic pictures of ladies in bikinis, because… why not? Of Read More …