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Blue Jasmine
An absolute fabulous Woody Allen film with an astonishing performance from Cate Blanchett. Go see it! Interesting that they showed a trailer for the film just before showing the film! I closed my eyes.No comments on Blue Jasmine -
Cute
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Disturbing statistics – pensions
Total number of active contributors to an occupational pension scheme:
1967 – 12.2 million
2012 – 7.8 millionNumber of active contributors to occupational pension schemes in the private sector:
1991 – 6.5 million
2012 – 2.7 million -
London Open House – Draper’s Hall & Mansion House
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Lucy’s studio
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Hot from the Press
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Stef’s Italian
Another really fine night out with Chris.Coffee outside in the Covent Garden Piazza, a glass of wine in The Salisbury, and a really excellent meal at Stef’s Italian, which is just off Oxford Street. Finished off by another coffee near Piccadilly Circus, where I managed to lose and eventually recover my mobile phone, it was a great evening. Thanks mate! -
Books
I gave up on The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh after 80 pages. A novel about war from the perspective of a North Vietnamese soldier, I just lost interest.I gave up on If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino after 35 pages. What’s that all about? Life’s too short.
I enjoyed the non-fiction Bad Thoughts by Jamie White, who exposes the dodgy logic used by politicians and others. Logic – right up my street!
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What Maisie Knew
A fine film that brilliantly shows a child’s perspective on what tossers adults can be. An astonishing performance by the 6 year old child actor (Onata Aprile).
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Bring back the prefab!
A letter in today’s i newspaper regarding solving the housing crisis:
“In the 1940s there was a drastic housing shortage. The answer then was to build thousands of “prefabs”. These were quite acceptable dwellings. Instead of more hand-wringing and waffle, why not launch a similar programme?”
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