Wednesday 28 November 2012

Books To Read 2013 (& end 2012)

The Fear Index
Mao The Unknown Story
Two Brothers
Foreign Country
Arguably
Bed of Nails
Enoch at 100
Spies of The Balkans
White Noise
Umbrella
Wolf Hall
Wild Swans
Savushun
Double Cross
Bring Up The Bodies
Malcolm X
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Miracle In The Andes
The Knowledge of Good & Evil
The Liars Gospels
The Railway Man
Missing Soluch





Books Read 2012

The Colonel
The Blind Owl
A Tale of Two Cities
The Prague Cemetery
Sisters Brothers
Metamorphosis
Iran Awakening
The Psychopath Test
The Old Man & The Sea
Pompeii
Dodger
Sweet Tooth



Lists of Favourites

Television

1.The Singing Detective (UK BBC)
2.The Killing Series 1, 2 & 3 (Denmark)
3.Curb Your Enthusiasm
4.Dragon's Den
5.Prime Suspect
6.This Life
7.On The Buses
8.Question Time
9.Porridge
10.Edge of Darkness

Films
1. The Lives of Others
2. The Long Good Friday
3. Taxi Driver
4. A Moment of Innocence
5. Devdas
6. Memento
7. The Seventh Seal
8. The Reader
9. At Five In The Afternoon
10. Waltz With Bashir

Albums

1. Swoon - Prefab Sprout
2. Blood & Chocolate - Elvis Costello
3. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
4. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
5. Dummy - Portishead
6. Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen
7. Abbey Road - The Beatles
8. Led Zeppelin 3 - Led Zeppelin
9. Plastic Beach - Gorrilaz
10. Revolver - The Beatles

Books

1. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
2. My Uncle Napoleon
3. The Blind Owl
4. The Colonel
5. Crime & Punishment
6. A Tale of Two Cities
7. The Prague Cemetry
8. Holy Blood Holy Grail
9. Pompeii
10. The Da Vinci Code

Friday 9 November 2012

Places, Organisations & Movements I Support

The Catholic Church
Islam
The Labour Party
The British Army
The Iranian Army
England Football Team
Britain (England)
Islamic Republic of Iran (Persia)
Asia
London
Yorkshire
Scarborough
Surrey
The CIOB
Palestine
The NSPCC
London South Bank University
Hammersmith & West London College
NHS
Public Sector
Private Sector
Trade Unions (excluding the GMB)
Respect Party
British Monarchy
Withdrawal from Europe
British Culture
Persian Culture
Indian Culture
Chinese Culture










Wednesday 7 November 2012

President Obama Re-elected

Obama has just officially won the 2012 US election with 275 Electoral College Votes. It is 4.30am UK time. Congratulations.

Sunday 4 November 2012

Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi

Just completed reading 'Iran Awakening', the autobiography of Shirin Ebadi. An amazing women and Iran's Nobel Peace Prize Winner.

Thursday 1 November 2012

Birdsong

Looking forward to reading the classic novel 'Birdsong' which will remind me of the sacrifice of my Great-Grandfather William Cullen who was killed in action in France in WW1. What a hero, dying for our country.