really random rants

A film of ‘mists and mellow fruitlessness’ from 10loves10 9 days old

I hardly ever frequent mainstream cinema, primarily because I don’t like new releases especially ones that set out to chronicle the life of someone I ...

The Times they are a-changin'... from 10loves10 30 days old

I am my second week in to buying The Times on a daily basis - I do it for the free books. And while normally I would hastily flick through the 'news' ...

I think I dreamt this last night... from 10loves10 39 days old

Promenading along Portobello Road we stop by a stall packed with archaic gewgaw. Scrutinizing the rubble, I say to my better: 'These fossils look man-made ...

Blowing in the wind from 10loves10 42 days old

Shielding myself from the acid drizzle with the Metro whilst running down Berwick Street I spotted a headline above my bonce which read: 'Grandpa Stalin ...

House bloody wifery from 10loves10 43 days old

Sitting anxiously on a discomodious polypropylene chair and perusing one of those consummately fascist-fashion magazines, to pass the hour, while awaiting ...

Turner at Tate from 10loves10 47 days old

I do like a bit of art now and then, and today seemed like the perfect day for meandering around Tate Britain. Albeit, I'm not a huge fan of Turner and ...

Meeting one of my heroes in Soho Square from 10loves10 52 days old

Running up and down numerous stairs, I spot an opening in the grind and dash outside through the back door for a quick cigarette. I perch my perilbottom ...

Miss Lonelyhearts for schizophrenics from 10loves10 55 days old

The London Review of Books is a shitty, trifling scrap-rag consisting of ill-considered one-dimensional appraisals of contemporary best-sellers written ...

There's no other car...but the 'Fighter'. from 10loves10 60 days old

If I ever took my driving test it'd be because I had won the lotto and got me one of these babies.

Too cynical for apple-pie sentiments from 10loves10 60 days old

So yesterday evening while nursing a mild hangover with a glass of Californian rosé, I settled down in front of the telly to watch 'Juno'. Two reasons ...