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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Posted on 28 October, 2008 by Stephen Newton — 1 Comment ↓

A little more than three weeks have passed since I set of Iceland and I’ve been back more than two, but still I can’t say the diary is complete. You’ll have seen plenty of photos of the Blue Lagoon lately and probably doubt that it really looks like that. Well, as these snaps Continue reading →

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Andy Warhol at The Haywood, Southbank Centre

Posted on 28 October, 2008 by Stephen Newton — 1 Comment ↓

‘We reckon this would fit in with your blog,’ said the ad agency pushing Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. ‘Oh,’ thought I, hoping for a couple of free tickets and a train fair to London. ‘Yes it would.’ Sadly, the tickets and train fair haven’t arrived, but a few quid has been Continue reading →

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Priceless (Hors de prix): films reviewed in 50 words-ish

Posted on 28 October, 2008 by Stephen Newton — No Comments ↓

A disposable romantic comedy, Audrey Tautou’s Irene is the Priceless daughter to many a sugar daddy. Her irredeemable character makes it hard to believe anyone would chase her, but some poor sap does. She trains him to find himself a sugar mummy and therein lies the comedy. A competent 5 out of 10 Continue reading →

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Mad Detective: films reviewed in 50 words-ish

Posted on 27 October, 2008 by Stephen Newton — No Comments ↓

Mad Detective is just what it says on the tin and the tin contains all you might expect from a Hong Kong cop thriller; ultra-violent set pieces, lots of running around and general weirdness. But is he mad? And isn’t everyone unhinged in a Hong Kong thriller? Mad detective is a psychic who Continue reading →

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Little and Strokkur geysers, Iceland

Posted on 21 October, 2008 by Stephen Newton — 2 Comments ↓

YouTube-podcast Reykjavík means smokey bay and the city got that name because, early settlers mistook the steam rising from the ground for fire. You’d have thought they’d change the name to steamy bay once they’d worked out what was going on, but smokey bay had already stuck. Nobody had seen anything like it. Geysers are Continue reading →

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