....You may have noticed a lack of blogging of late. Our new house is time consuming, to say the least - in trying to turn it from a wreck, ...

....Within months of his untimely death, the National Portrait Gallery is exhibiting a retrospective of the British painter's oeuvre. ...

....Kel & I dined out at River Cafe last night. Fortunately, the majority was paid for by a gift voucher from generous partners at work...

....This had to be timed around Quoc's next visit to London, (as he now resides in Tapei), so that meant the unusual not-even-mid-week ...

To celebrate her birthday, it was a little bit of what Lynn fancied, at a local restaurant with lots of friends. The eaterie of (almos...

....A few weeks short of his first birthday, Jude has decided he can now walk. Naturally, Grannie is the happiest of all and here is her ca...

....The pre-Olympic fan fare brought spectral light to Whitley Bay recently. An Olympic beam was projected from St. Mary's lighthouse ...

....This weekend finally saw the purchase completion of a new house for Kelly & I. We're incredibly excited. Dad came down to Lo...

....I took Kelly to the Duchess Theatre to see this North East based show . I had first seen it in 2008, in it's original run at the L...

....Not just with Ian & Susie this time, but also Joan & Eric and James & (soon-to-be-a-Palmer) Theresa. In a feat of space man...

....SURPRISE! This was a 30th to remember. Alex sure will. Organised months ago and coordinated to perfection, girlfriend Nieve made s...

....We travelled up to Newcastle a week or so ago, not only to celebrate Nige's 70th, but also to witness the Christening of Jude. R...

....The Prestons' and the Barkers' all went up to the Jolly Fisherman pub in Craster a week past Saturday. The pub itself has...

....What an utterly irresistible film. The Artist has won many plaudits and even Oscar nominations , since its release. Thankfully this ch...

....Chris told us to pack our smalls, we were going away. And we didn't know until we pulled in to the centre of Rye , that it was to be...

....The first film I have seen in some time on it's opening night. Steve McQueen's second directorial outing, following his superb...

....The best photo of him yet, this time he's as transfixed as Jess & David's dog Missy is bemused!

....Despite the film appearing nearly a year ago, this is one I've only just succumbed to. I must say, at first glance I was pretty uni...

....Celebrating in style at Bloomsbury Bowling , Liam left no stone unturned, with several lanes booked and a karaoke room to finish the eve...

....After watching the superb first series last summer, it's taken a while to get around to the second series. I'm not sure quite w...

....Wow. Steven Soberbergh take a bow. That was truly awful. How and why the 'all star' cast signed up to the film is beyond me. P...

....I should really watch as many films as possible, before the Oscars . So I am. The Ides of March is a political drama, written and direc...

....The premise for t his film interested me from the start - tackling a subject like cancer is always tough, but to do so in what is an en...

....Kel & I wish you all the best for 2012. No more yawns, we promise.  

....Always a tricky time of year, yet for me, (unlike most), never a let down. This year Kel & I took advatage of two couples' hospi...