Daily Archives: 27 March, 2008

Book Seventy-Eight: Before the Frost

This is another book in the Wallander series, but it focuses on Wallander’s daughter, Linda, rather than on Wallander himself. This made it especially interesting, because I got to see familiar characters and scenes from a new perspective. Hoglund, for example, who comes across as an intelligent, good natured woman seems brusque and bitchy for

Patriots and Tyrants

I have now watched “Patriots and Tyrants” twice, and I feel in a fit state to comment on it. And on the future of Jericho. For a series finale, the episode was pretty good. It was obvious that there was a lot of pressure from CBS to come up with a neatly wrapped up ending

Blue Ears

Master bicycle plans in cities across the West are attracting controversy. The new surfing hotspot is…Ireland? Jonathan Watts tried to cover Tibet for the Guardian and was foiled by the Chinese government at every turn, so here’s a video about what happened, and why you should be concerned. Is nuclear energy as green as people