Archive for December, 2006

Boxing Day in Coventry

27Dec06

Having seen my team Ipswich crash to a miserable 1-0 defeat just before Christmas, for some reason, it seemed logical to travel to Coventry on Boxing Day to in all probability see the same thing happen again.
For 45 minutes things went to form (we could have been about 3 down!), but after halftime we [...]


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Casino Royale

20Dec06

I went to see ‘Casino Royale’ for the second time last week. I’m a massive fan of the Bond series and find it fascinating how such a basic concept has been stretched out into twenty sequels. Some Bond films are great, some are awful, but whatever happens Bond always seems to manage to return for [...]


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Boris Johnson on Have I Got News For You

16Dec06

Boris Johnson made yet another appearance as guest presenter on ‘Have I Got New For You’ this evening, and as always he was incredibly funny. Boris is just so earnestly incompetent in the role as presenter that you just cannot help but laugh.
I was worried that the novelty may have worn off after so [...]


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Kit Vote

12Dec06

I have always thought there is reason to be vaguely suspicious of democracy and today I got some proof. In their infinite wisdom, my club Ipswich Town has decided that it would be a great idea to have an online vote as to which kit the team should wear next season. Now I have no [...]


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Album of 2006: Kasabian – Empire

11Dec06

Overall I’m not too sure that 2006 has been a particularly vintage year for great albums. If Snow Patrol’s fairly harmless but ultimately light-weight ‘Eyes Open’ can be one of the more highly lauded albums of the past twelve months then the selection wasn’t exactly enormous.
For me, the standout pair by quite some distance [...]


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