Richard K

You can put it in a high neutron flux, but the consequences are probably worse than the HEU.

Just awful out there.

That'll do for a day.

Oh yes.

Just reading Robert Graves describe his 40-yo mother and 48-yo father as "two generations away" and "more like grandparents than parents" and withering.

Definite "we're making commerce, not art" vibes

Redcurrants?

Also, ?

Motivated a generation of explorers to want to visit the Hindu Kush.

This really sounds like the kind of thing you'd love to have them defend in court.

Produced some good books and maps though so I suppose there's that.

I mean, the whole Great Game was an endless series of pointless victories and defeats which didn't really move any borders around.

Sunday night pasta bake: everything goes in.

That's real Britain.

Some of the stuff in tonight's dinner is on its third go round the leftover roulette wheel.

Still a little disappointed the Italian name for Pan's Labyrinth wasn't Labyrinth al Fauno.

Luke is a whiny kid but Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher are very charismatic.

Of course once history is ended, as it was in those times, all that's left is taking out the trash.

What could possibly go wrong?

"At least I got the big decisions right."
"Actually..."

Benicio del Toro

Of course no-on likes to talk about the Mary Poppins Holiday Special these days.

Reaching up to the top shelf and hoping not to mix up the gin and balsamic vinegar bottles

Showing any remaining life means you haven't "completely surrendered" yet.

I... what?

Certainly to himself

Mike Batt is going through something of a critical reappraisal though.

Also, it's just pulp; throwaway entertainment that was never meant to have much depth. The spectacle _is_ the thing.

Because a bunch of people who are now middle aged saw it as kids and won't shut up about it.

Think he wears a cap all the time because he's stopped wearing a wig.

Mary Poppins Solo is a different kind of film.