Ian Paice. I maintain that he and Brian Downey of Thin Lizzy were the two finest drummers of the ‘70’s and since. Ginger Baker and John Bonham didn’t have the same swing to them. Keith Moon’s endless […]

Not really, tbh. The halls are OK. The ones we’ve experienced have been clean and basic but heavily used. I would assume a coat of paint and a refurb are on the books in a year or two, The student a […]

Ha! My daughter is at Warwick Uni. Not at the moment, of course. She’s currently 6 feet away eating chips. She’ll be back on campus in October

Yes, they’re allied to another French brand, HPG, which build monnin case mil spec dive watches. I say build, they use Citizen Myota movements so they’re put together and regulated in France rather than cra […]

No it didn’t. 😁 It’s all subjective, Old Fruit.

Adjusting/fiddling with a mechanical watch is part of the appeal. I understand that the overwhelming majority have no interest in what can be fully appreciated as a ball ache of setting a watch every once in a […]

Glorious piece of work. Changing out straps is fun.

Huzzah! A lot of those mentioned have gone. I miss that Orient. Given to my nephew, who seems to love it.

Omega and other mid tier luxury brands have been royally taking the piss on pricing, certainly since the covid lockdowns and online sales went skyward. I could never afford brand new. My brother bought the […]

Squeezer, if you ever visit the Studio Underdog HQ and showroom then drop me a line. It’s about 20 minutes walk from me. Fun Fact: the very same address was vacated by another Watch brand, Christopher Ward l […]

WATCHES! I’m all for this! Allow me to still my beating heart and contribute once I’ve finished some paid employment nonsense

Yes, that scene is wonderful. My favourite is the scene with Mr Kaltanborn, the hotel manager expertly evicting Howard Bannister from his wrecked room. ‘I’m Mr Kaltanborn. The manager of what’s left of the h […]

What a thread. Thanks to @pencilsqueezer for those wonderful lists. He and the lovely Donna would have had many many hours of happiness watching those. For me,I could re-watch at the drop of a hat: A […]

Yes! Though I’ve read them only once so far. It won’t register a flicker on the Surprise-o-Meter that I assumed The Deptford Trilogy was all abaht Sarf Lahndahn. It isn’t.

The 39 Steps is a great piece of work. All three of the film adaptations bear little adherence to the events and actual finale of the novel. My favourite is the 1953 version starring Kenneth More. Cutting quite […]

Reflux

The first three volumes of Clive James’ autobiographies. Unreliable Memoirs, Falling Towards England and May Week Was In June. These deal with his childhood in Kogarah, a Sydney suburb, university days, his d […]

Farage will win, unfortunately. Still, it’s rather bracing watching him and his cronies spiral out of the skies into the drink. They don’t like it up ‘em, do they?

Me too. David Mitchell referenced it in, I think, his Black Swan Green. Possibly. Anyway, I read it. I shall read it again.

Stanley Unwin?