Matt Damon is – unexpectedly – my new hero

Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 11:42 | Category : Uncategorized
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This is a speech Matt Damon gave over in the States as part of their “Save our Schools” march in protest against Obama and the US government’s attempt to standardise tests in schools and in support of teachers.  I flew overnight from Vancouver to be with you today. I landed in New York a few hours [...]

Because I will forever be a tourist

Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 13:53 | Category : Uncategorized
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I realised this when we travelled to West India Quay on Sunday by DLR to go and watch Super 8 by JJ Abrams.  Superb!  Go watch it – clever script writing too.  Lots of visual lessons to learn to for storytelling.  I love the DLR and think it’s superbly futuristic, especially when it starts going [...]

This craziness is crazy

Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 15:17 | Category : Uncategorized
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So last night Mark and I got home, turned on the TV and watched as our adoptive city morphed into a foreign and terrifying place you would never want to visit, even if someone paid you £1,000,000. I am of course talking about the riots that took place on the 8th August. I try not to [...]