Oh come on, I’ve got two small boys and I’ve spent the last seven years of bedtimes pretending to be Thomas The Bloody Tank Engine, a celebratory “whoo woo!” is the least you should expect. Anyway are you singing “Born Slippy” by Underworld under your breath yet? For people old enough to remember the first Trainspotting… Woo Woo! Here’s The Official Trainspotting 2 Trailer Read More
Swallows and Amazons 4 stars
In the UK in the 1970s you really had to make your own fun, so a source of particular joy for children was sniggering at bedtime while one’s mother read aloud the exploits of the brilliantly named children Titty and Roger in Arthur Ransome’s classic tale of Lake District derring do. Sadly, though Roger remains… Swallows and Amazons Read More