Yatterings

The Independent is running an article by Timothy Taylor as an introduction to his documentary on the Discovery Channel at 9pm on Halloween called the “Real Vampires”. Normally these shows are little bits of a giggle and akin to watching a cat chase its own tail - nothing’s ever proved but the journey is quite [...]

Dom Joly has this appreciation of Tintin in the Independent which captures that essential quality of the reporter - it makes you want to discover the world. (Sans dog in my case as I prefer cats.) In the main, Tintin is pure escapism and his world is rarely truly dark and dangerous (apart from the [...]