Ok, you Who addicts, have at the 2008 Christmas episode. The pictures below are TEASERS, not SPOILERS, as they were all released by the BBC as promo shots before the episode was aired there. David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan & Cybermen,… Read More ›
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Friday Hoyden: How to Hoyden Hepburn
Oh, I have enjoyed dipping into this over the last couple of weeks.
Karen Karbo has tapped into the rich vein of enduring fascination with Kate the Great, taking a delightfully fresh approach to a much examined life. She uses quotes and anecdotes from and about Hepburn judiciously and examines the implications with a fond but clarifying eye.
Friday Hoyden: Natalie Dessay
Today you get a Friday Hoyden and an opera review all tied up into one!
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD: La Bohème at Paddo’s Chauvel Cinema
Conductor Nicola Luisotti; Production Franco Zeffirelli; Angela Gheorghiu, Ainhoa Arteta, Ramón Vargas, Ludovic Tézier, Quinn Kelsey, Oren Gradus, Paul Plishka Despite our ill-health, mr tog and I managed to drag ourselves to pick up our tickets (booked weeks ago) and… Read More ›
Love in the Time of Cholera: A Cantankerous Boxing Day Review
What the hell is up with all the praise lavished on “Love In The Time Of Cholera”? While the prose describing the setting and background was competent and at times evocative, the central theme is not a great romance. It… Read More ›
Spoiler alert: Book Review HP7 whaddayareckon?
Plot spoilers will appear in this discussion for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Don’t read any further unless you already know plot twists or if you don’t care whether you learn plot twists. If you are subscribed to comments here using RSS, you should probably treat that feed most warily until you finish the book.
Review: Exit The King
I was fortunate enough to step into a seat for the sold-out season of this play when my Belvoir St Theatre-subscribing friend C’s friend C was too ill to make it. How lucky was I? Geoffrey Rush on stage in… Read More ›
In which I judge a book by its cover
Guest post by Helen on the Cast Iron Balcony. Thanks to Tigtog for honouring me with an invitation to guest post at Hoyden while she whizzes down mountains. Recently, the folks at IBTP have been bemoaning the pinkification of everything… Read More ›
Hell yeah yippiekayyay!
I saw the trailer for Die Hard 4.0 this evening, while waiting to watch Noise (which was excellent, and more of that anon). The stunts highlighted are delightfully over the top, and Bruce Willis looks older but harder and meaner,… Read More ›
The togmob goes to the cinema: “Click”
Yesterday, for the last day of hols before going back to Term 3 of school, mr tog and I took the kids to see Click (the togster particularly had been very taken by the premise when he saw the trailer… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 