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The long journey getting Kerouac On The Road

Having read the book as a teenager, I needed no persuasion to see Jack Kerouac’s long awaited novel-conversion to the big screen.  I recall finding the book, On The Road, and its characters slightly shocking (their freedom was a stark … Continue reading

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Interview with a Hitman – review

He likes to tell everyone that we have different tastes in films.  But, because we do love our DVD/sofa nights so much, I find that we both compromise well on the amount of art house and gunshots accordingly.  I had … Continue reading

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Good old-fashioned imagination

Watching the Smalls play with the other smalls on the beach I am realizing just how important this unrestricted play is.  One moment they are in a make-believe world of fairies and cowboys and the next they are playing the … Continue reading

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Room with a View(ing)

There isn’t just one single thing which makes staying in a fabulous hotel so thrilling.  Perhaps it’s the combination of crisp, fresh linen, bathroom fun-size potions, a fluffy white toweling robe and the magic telephone which could bring me anything … Continue reading

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