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  • An Education

    Last night I was watching almost the whole series of Smiley's People on DVD. It is very good and really faithful to the John le Carre book. It's much darker and a lot more bitter than the previous le Carre mini-series Ti…

  • Two Horror Movies

    Last night I listened to an episode of The Twilight Zone radio series. The story, adapted from the first season of the TV show, was called "The Hitch-Hiker" about a woman driving alone across America and haunted by the s…

  • The Night Gardener

    Last night I watched the second of the films in the Red Riding series of inter-linked TV movies based on novels by David Peace. This episode was set in 1980 against the backdrop of the real-life "Yorkshire Ripper" murder…

  • The Hurt Locker

    Last night I was playing on my new video games. Mirror's Edge was set in a futuristic city where your character has to run around and find and deliver secret information. This is done mainly by running and jumping betwee…

  • Away We Go

    Last night I was listening to a radio play called The Adding Machine that was orignally written by Elmer Rice in 1923. The story revolves around an accountant at a large corporation who has been working there for 25 year…

  • Revenge of the Fallen

    Last night I read the graphic novel of The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman. It wasn't one continuous story, instead it was four self-contained short stories. In the first one a failed novelist keeps a muse captive …

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Last night I was watching the first of a two part documentary called The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron hosted by actor Rupert Everett, in which he followed the footsteps of the legendary poet through Europe. It was…

  • Public Enemies

    Last night was pretty quiet. I ended up falling asleep on my sofa at one point. I spent most of my time watching comedy shows on TV. This morning I went out and got my groceries for the week. This afternoon I went out t…

  • The Maiden Heist

    Last night I was watching the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren Aronofsky, and based on the 1978 novel by Hubert Selby Jr. The story revolves around four people in Brooklyn, New York. Harry Goldfarb (play…

  • Star Trek

    Last night was pretty quiet. I spent most of the evening reading, and ended up falling asleep on my sofa. I woke up at around half past two in the morning and went on the computer and did some writing until about half pa…

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