Being a Film Critic & the Massive Flaws in my Plan

If you know a bit about me by now you’ll know that my mind and life circulates around film. I … More

The Butt of the Joke

She was hungover, she was annoyed, and she was bored. Molly glared across the sunny field towards the idiocy of … More

There was once a golden retriever. It was bright and bouncy. It liked to meet new people and it liked to … More

It had been just over three weeks. Three weeks of Sam crumpled into an emotional ball. A tense ball. One that … More

How much of our anger, and irritability, and fear, sadness, pain etc. etc. comes from not-knowing? I’ve been thinking about … More

Calling something ‘the cat’s pyjamas’ is such a brilliant and eccentric thing, I don’t think we use it enough frankly. … More

You might have read a post I wrote the other day about how good it feels to let go of … More

I think people underestimate how important letting go of something is. Or in fact, maybe they understand how important it … More

Had it occurred to anyone else, how well female documentary filmmakers are doing right now. Seriously? Everyone who is anybody … More

It occurred to me, after I wrote ‘The Paradox Of My Blog’ yesterday, that what I was referring to (the … More