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‘Sherlock’

20/04/2017

Be Right Back I’m a TV-Induced Puddle

I’ve just watched the entire last series of Sherlock I know it’s only three episodes and as a writer I spent about six hours thinking: But as a viewer I was thinking: Not necessarily in that order. Arghhh I’m going to go and stare at a wall and marvel at how good the people who make the… Continue reading

TV

‘Sherlock’, Indifferent Ignorance, Sherlock series 4 reaction
06/02/2014

Six Degrees of Separation: the Bloke Off TV Appearing Alongside Another Bloke Off TV!

Okay so the following was written between last Wednesday and yesterday but the Internet fluffed up so it’s going online now. Let’s pretend I’m not totally over English and moving on to Politics: Here’s the six degrees of separation post I mentioned last week. The original title was “I’m getting to a point in my… Continue reading

February 2014, Lists, TV

‘King Lear’, ‘Sherlock’, Alan Scarborough, Benedict Cumberbatch, Gandalf, Ian McKellen, Indifferent Ignorance, James Bond, London theatre, Pete off ‘Gavin and Stacey’, Sam Mendes’ extensive portfolio, six degrees of separation, The National, Tom Brooke, Vinette Robinson
15/01/2014

Titling This Took Three Times Longer than Writing It So Please Just Read and Put Us Both Out of Our Misery

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Complaints, DISCUSS., Internet, January 2014, Lists, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), Newspapers, Paywall, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘Sherlock’, ‘The Guardian’, Frank Iero, Gerard jamming in his jammies, Gerard Way, Greatest Hits, Indifferent Ignorance, MCR, Mikey Way, Music, My Chemical Romance, press, Ray Toro, voting Labour
03/01/2014

The Eleven O’Clock News: TV Reviews Are Funny (and so is the fact that this took ten hours to make)

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(All Hail) Creation, Complaints, DISCUSS., Funny, Internet, January 2013, January 2014, Newspapers, Paywall, Scriptures, TV

‘Sherlock’, ‘The Guardian’, BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dan of Geek, fan site, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, Martin Freeman, review, Sherlockology, televison, The Daily Mail, The Eleven O’Clock News, The Webways

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‘Sherlock’

Be Right Back I’m a TV-Induced Puddle

Six Degrees of Separation: the Bloke Off TV Appearing Alongside Another Bloke Off TV!

Titling This Took Three Times Longer than Writing It So Please Just Read and Put Us Both Out of Our Misery

The Eleven O’Clock News: TV Reviews Are Funny (and so is the fact that this took ten hours to make)