Miscellany

This is the page for finding all the non-book things I’ve written – TV reviews, movie reviews, food reviews, music, and so on.

Food and Drink

– HelloFresh Recipes Rated
– Top 10 Drinks of 2021
– The twenty very best things I consumed in America

Restaurant Reviews
– London Food Reviews: Smoking Goat, Bun House, Dishoom, Silk Road
– Dear Dubrovnik: Eating and Other Thoughts
– Ticket to Rye
– London Food Reviews: Tai Kitchen, Bao, Viet Quan, La Querce

TV and Film

Film
– The Princess Bride
– Heat
– Conan the Barbarian
– Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

TV
– Sploosh: Thoughts on Discovering Archer
– Three, Two, One, Let’s Jam: An Ode to Cowboy Bebop
– The Bear

Avatar: The Last Airbender
– In which a latecoming fan realises Avatar: The Last Airbender is fantastic
– The Boy in the Iceberg
– The Avatar Returns
– The Southern Air Temple
– The Warriors of Kyoshi
– The King of Omashu
– Imprisoned
– Winter Solstice: Part One
– Winter Solstice: Part Two
– The Waterbending Scroll
– Jet
– The Great Divide
– The Storm
– The Blue Spirit
– The Fortune Teller
– Bato of the Water Tribe
– The Deserter
– The Northern Air Temple
– The Waterbending Teacher
– The Siege of the North: Part One
– The Siege of the North: Part Two
– Thoughts on Book One: Water
– The Avatar State
– The Cave of Two Lovers
– Return to Omashu
– The Swamp
– Avatar Day
– The Blind Bandit
– Zuko Alone

Avatar: Legend of Korra
– How Not To Start A Story: The Legend of Korra
– Blown Leaves and Revelations
– Creepy Voices and Competitive Spirits
– Winners and Aftermaths
– Dueling Extremes and Tales out of the Past
– Tide Turning and Shadows
– Endgame and Thoughts
– What I’d Have Done Different: Legend of Korra Book One
– Book Two: Spirits
– Book Three: Change
– Book Four: Balance

Music

– Top 10 Things I Listened To In 2020

Album Reviews
– Burning Village by Mountain Witch
– The Black Album by Metallica
– Empires by VNV Nation

Music Monday
– Where the Earth Meets the Sky by Inter Arma
– One to Another/Crashin’ In by the Charlatans
– The Genuine Pulse by Borknagar
– Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
– Beloved by VNV Nation
– Clean by Depeche Mode
– Suicide Nation by At The Gates
– Nothing Else Matters by Dave Gahan
– Helpless by Neil Young and The Band
– Dirty Old Town by The Pogues
– Take Me Back Home by Soulsavers and Dave Gahan
– I Spy by Pulp
– While My Guitar Gentle Weeps by Prince, Tom Petty, and Others
– Once In A Lifetime by Wolfsheim
– Phoenix by Satyricon featuring Sivert Hoyem
– Every Shitty Thing by The Murder City Devils
– How High by The Charlatans
– Come Back by Depeche Mode
– Heart of Courage by Two Steps From Hell
– Saknet by Windir
– Metal Heart – Dave Gahan version and Cat Power version
– This Will Be Our Year by Nerina Pallot
– God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters by Moby
– Spancill Hill by Paddy Reilly
– Not Unlike The Waves by Agalloch

Other

Computer Games
– X-Com, Long War, and the Thief of Time
– X-Com Files 2
– X-Com 2

Theatre Reviews
– Bury the Hatchet
– Hamilton

Travel
– Dear Dubrovnik: Eating and Other Thoughts
– Ticket to Rye
– The Most Magical Place On Earth

Other Other
– Saturday Six: There Are Things Undreamt Of
– Saturday Six: Slow Down Brain