I used to be quite into horror films. I say ‘used to’ not because I’ve grown out of it or anything, but because the genre doesn’t seem to exist any more. When I was a nipper, you couldn’t move for horror – and I mean genuine horror, rather than just films marketed as horror (although [...]

Taking a break from politics now (a bit like our government), I’m going to talk about distressed things. For those of you not in the know, that’s making new stuff (furniture, clothing) look like it’s old and worn. I think it’s supposed to give it a whiff of provenance, apparently removing the impression that your [...]

As we all pretty much expected, there’s been no clear winner in the British general election. This isn’t news. Nor is it news that almost nobody voted for the Liberal Democrats – as I pointed out in my previous election post, Nick Clegg is a non-entity, despite the media claiming he was having a ‘massive [...]