...watched the following films:Rumours - dir. Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson ★★
The Surfer - dir. Lorcan Finnegan ★★★
Gloria - die. John Cassavetes ★★
Bugonia - dir. Yorgos Lanthimos ★★★★
Ballad of a Small Player - dir. Edward Berger ★★½
John Candy: I Like Me - dir. Colin Hanks ★★★
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) - dir. Questlove ★★★½
Frankenstein - dir. Guillermo del Toro ★★★
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost - dir. Ben Stiller ★★★½
Dead Talents Society ('鬼才之道') - dir. John Hsu ★★★
Beat the Lotto - dir. Ross Whitaker ★★★½
Adam's Sake ('L'Intérêt d'Adam') - dir Laura Wandel ★★★
The Great Arch ('L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche') - dir. Stéphane Demoustier ★★★½
Being Eddie - dir. Angus Wall ★★★
...also watched:
Build Your Own Home S2 Ep 5
The Celebrity Traitors UK S1 Ep 9
The Daily Show S30 Eps 123-134
Daisy May & Charlie Copper's Nightwatch S1
Death by Lightning S1 - dir. Matt Ross
Gardeners' World S2025 Eps 30-32
Gogglebox S26 Eps 9-13
Grad Designs S27
The Great British Bake Off S16 Ep 10
Heat Your Home S1 Eps 2-5
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) S1
Jasmine Harman's Renovation in the Sun S1
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing S8
Only Connect S21 Eps 16-19
Portrait Artist of the Year S12 Eps 1-9
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy S3
Slow Horses S5
Taskmaster S20 Eps 9&10
University Challenge S2025/26 Eps 17-20
...saw Bray Wanderers lose 2-1 against Waterford FC at Tolka Park
...saw the Republic of Ireland beat Portugal 2-0 and see Cristiano Ronaldo get sent off at the Aviva Stadium
...listened/watched the following podcasts:
The Dish
Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham, Phil Dunster and a sea bass
Actor and Bridesmaids Director Paul Feig and beef tacos
Award-winning comedian Sindhu Vee and a pomegranate Margarita
Broadcaster James May and a monkfish curry
Strictly Champion Giovanni Pernice and chicken orzo
Comedian Ed Gamble and barbecue cauliflower wings
Actor and comedian Michelle de Swarte and roast lamb with lemon chickpeas
Singer songwriter Tom Grennan and hake with roast red pepper sauce
Scarlett Moffatt and a speedy coconut & prawn curry
Jayde Adams and steak with polenta mash
Jamie Laing and a watermelon salad
Grace Dent and a spicy carrot & avocado salad
Paul Chowdhry and crab, broad bean & lemon pappardelle
Emeli Sandé, garlicky mushroom tagliatelle and a hungry T-Rex
Rylan Clark, a burger and a beer
Yotam Ottolenghi & Noor Murad and creamy pasta with chard & lemon
David Harewood, a steak sandwich and fries
Russell Howard, a cocido and a Rioja
Dolly Alderton and a Tuscan-inspired fish stew
Martin Kemp and a creamy mushroom & cavolo nero pasta
Strictly stars Aljaž & Janette and a one-pot paprika chicken & orzo
Frankie Bridge, festive baked eggs and an English sparkling wine
Marcus Wareing, a Lancashire hotpot and a Chardonnay
Hugh Bonneville, Champagne, and Christmas dinner
Alison Hammond & Dermot O’Leary and a Christmas grazing platter
Annie MacManus, a vodka martini and scallops with lemon butter
Vernon Kay, steak & mushroom stroganoff and a malbec
Poppy O’Toole, a smoked aubergine salad and an English sparkling wine
Phil Wang, beef & broccoli noodles and a beer
Spencer and Vogue, lamb and cheesy hasselback potatoes
Rob Delaney and a braised leg of lamb with mint, parsley & almond pesto
Alex Jones, puttanesca and a Chianti
Adam Hills, sticky pork ribs and a spicy cabbage salad.
Rick Edwards & Emer Kenny, five-spice duck with stir fried cucumber and cashews
Dame Prue Leith, Jeremy Lee’s spring salmagundi and herby rack of lamb
Scott Mills, sea bass with sauce vierge, new potatoes & asparagus
Charlotte Church, a savoury cheese cake and a pinot noir
Ruby Wax, spiced cauliflower & pomegranate salad and a mimosa mocktail
Chris & Rosie Ramsey, a tomahawk steak and a Cabernet Sauvignon
Andi & Miquita Oliver, sweet and sour pork belly and a Viognier
Chris Evans, orange & herb butter spatchcock chicken and a Chardonnay
Tim Minchin, chargrilled vegetable & orecchiette salad with pesto and a Pinot Noir
Caitlin Moran, egg & dill salad with smoked mackerel and an Albariño
Clara Amfo, cherry & quinoa tabbouleh with goat’s cheese and a cosmopolitan
Stephen and Anita Mangan, Palestinian slow-roast lamb and an organic red
Candice Brathwaite, spaghetti agli scampi and a Pinot Gris
The Whitehalls, plaice with buttery capers & shallots and a rosé
AJ Odudu and Will Best, a Mexican feast and fiery lime margaritas
Richard Corrigan & Valentine Warner, pappardelle with fennel & sausage rags and a Malbec
Joanne McNally, the perfect roast chicken sandwich and a wine tasting
Rose Matafeo, marmalade pork belly with soy and ginger and an Asahi
Sara Cox, mackerel with a watermelon rojak and a rosé
Kirsty Young, Lebanese-style lamb and aubergine stew and a primitivo
Monty Don, Daube de Boeuf with macaroni gratin and a pinot noir
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, spiced lamb & plum tagine and prosecco
Richard Armitage, a smash burger and a spritz
Anna Maxwell Martin, pot-roasted leg of lamb and a margarita
Sandi Toksvig, roast duck legs with grapes and a non-alcoholic beer
Trinny Woodall, sea bass with peppers & red zhoug and a Gewurtztraminer
Lashana Lynch, broccoli & anchovy pasta and a Tre Fiori
Judi Love, Korean crispy spiced chicken with gochujang mayo and a virgin picante
Vanessa Williams, tomato & vodka bucatini with crispy pancetta and a babera
Tom Holland, Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
Joanna Lumley, parsnip gnocchi with sage & garlic mushrooms and a Gavi
Billy Porter, Greek chicken with orzo and a fiery lime margarita
Simone Ashley, fennel, potato & gruyère gratin with charcuterie and a negroni
JADE, roast lamb, chargrilled green vegetables and a Rioja
Neneh Cherry, tagliatelle with peas, courgette & burrata, and a Gavi
CMAT, Pescado a la Veracruzana and a Provence Rosé
Cynthia Erivo, roasted red pepper, aubergine, freekeh salad, and a Provence rosé
Sophie Turner, cheesy lemon spaghetti and a Pouilly-Vinzelles
Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, a roast spatchcock chicken and a Zibibbo Sicillia
Graham Norton, lemon butter trout and a dirty vodka martini
Mawaan Rizwan, pork & mushroom tantanmen and a vermouth cocktail
Suranne Jones, seared tuna with braised tomatoes & chickpeas and a crumble
Mark Ronson, roast chicken with fennel, shallot & white bean stew and a dirty vodka martini
Vicky McClure, roast topside of beef with peppercorn gravy & aligot, and a Bloody Mary
Jamali Maddix, spiced whole chicken with herby rice, ice cream a Grüner Veitliner
Professor Brian Cox, cider-steamed Dover sole & clams and a Saint-Aubin Premier Cru
Joe Wilkinson, bolognese and a Villa Antinori
Jack Whitehall (LIVE from The Royal Opera House), an aubergine parmigiana and an old fashioned
Bob Mortimer, pork pie, kedgeree and an IPA
Millie Bobby Brown, penne alla vodka and a Montecucco Rosso Riserva
Elis James and John Robins
#485 - Promoting Crispin, 1% Cats and We've Got Enough Sports
#486 - Panicdoting, CMs for the DB and The Birthday Boy's Low
#487 - Ghoul (General), Ian the Liar and Having 10 Kids & Turning To Sludge
#488 - The Tregib Vibe, Discounting Pabs and Greg James
#489 - Robins' Nest, Introducing Doubt and The Zeitgeest
#490 - Tom Rosenthal, Thrown by Doves and Adjust and Leave
#491 - The PM, 10 Downing Street and A Big Chinese
#492 - Transit Guffs, Ania Magliano and Mr Big Boggle
#493 - Yeovil Creatives, Scared of My Mate and What Are Your Oils?
Football Weekly
Wolves ditch Vítor Pereira and are Liverpool back on track? - Football Weekly
Liverpool are back and Van de Ven scores a goal of the season contender? - Football Weekly
Dan Burn and the pantheon of great headers, Fifa's peace prize and more: Football Weekly Extra
Manchester City on the march as Arsenal drop points at Sunderland – Football Weekly
Real Madrid’s rocky week and crunch time for Antonio Conte – Football Weekly
Ireland keep dream alive, Ronaldo’s histrionics and England beat Serbia – Football Weekly Extra
Troy Parrott’s on fire and England complete perfect campaign – Football Weekly
Scotland in dreamland – Football Weekly
Was this the best week of the season so far? – Football Weekly Extra
Arsenal ensure north London is red after Forest fell Liverpool – Football Weekly
Is the Chelsea project finally working? – Football Weekly
Arsenal triumphant as Liverpool’s crisis deepens – Football Weekly Extra
Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast
Eye Biscuits
Pub True
Pre-Decimal Pints
Frank Skinner's Radio Days: Pedestrian Racing
Wolf Snout
Frank Skinner's Radio Days: Invention
How Much For a Belt?
West End Girl
Frank Skinner's Radio Days: Clothes
Frank's Catchphrase
The Paddington Experience
Frank Skinner's Radio Days: Ghosts
The Loudest Gig
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
Jeff Babko
Mary Houlihan
The Gang
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Lucia Keskin (Chi With A C)
Ella Fanning
Joy Crookes
Kunal Nayyar
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
RHLSTP 585 - Joe Kent-Walters
RHLSTP Book Club 148 - Chris Tarrant
RHLSTP 587 - David O'Doherty
RHLSTP 589 - Nish Kumar
Stick to Football: The Overlap
Roy’s Worst Tackle, Saipan Revisited & More Trent Boos! | Stick to Football EP 101
Solskjaer: Management Future, Man United Memories & Besiktas Experience | Stick to Football EP 102
Wrighty’s Message to Jude & Rooney’s United Contract Revealed | Stick to Football EP 103
Ashley Cole: Arsenal Exit, Chelsea Success & Dealing With Media Criticism | Stick to Football EP 104
The Taskmaster Podcast
Jason Mountzoukas - Series 20 Ep.1
Ania Magliano - Series 20 Ep.2
Reece Shearsmith - Series 20 Ep.3
Sanjeev Bhaskar- Series 20 Ep.4
Phil Ellis - Series 20 Ep.5
Maisie Adam - Series 20 Ep.6
Mike Wozniack - Series 20 Ep.7
Stevie Martin - Series 20 Ep.8
Paul F Tompkins - Series 20 Ep.9
The Series Winner - Series 20 Ep.10
What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty
S3 EP19: Rosie Jones
WDYDY #44: The A - Z of What Did You Do Yesterday?
S3 EP20: Angela Scanlon
WDYDY #45: Chainsaw Lube
S3 EP21: Ania Magliano
WDYDY #46: Everyone's a Hypocrite
S3 EP22: Russell Howard
WDYDY #47: Enya says hello
S3 EP23: Andy Zaltzman
WDYDY #48: End Teddington Now
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates