I watched More 4’s Death of a President last night and, to be honest, I rather wish I hadn’t wasted 2 hours of my life. I don’t have a problem in principle with either mockumentories or a drama speculating what would happen if Bush was assassinated. I enjoyed the BBC’s If… series as well as… Continue reading Death of a President
Category: musings
Tory Balls
I think Channel 4’s Fact Check is being a little unfair to Gideon Osborne here in stating that is claim that Ed Balls was a member of the Tories at university is completely bogus. It is true, at least in my experience, that there is a very different political culture in Oxford and Cambridge when… Continue reading Tory Balls
Missing Pritchard
Unfortunately, I missed the Amazing Mrs Pritchard last night. I say unfortunately, but by all accounts I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. I really wanted ot watch it to see if it was really as bad as it looked. Richard Huzzey confirms my worst fears: Having opened up a critique of the modern party system, and… Continue reading Missing Pritchard