80s nostalgia leaves bad taste in mouth...

I too have completed the Lott book - glad you liked it Julian, and look forward to hearing your thoughts next week...personally it made me depressed but there you are...I like to keep my 80s nostalgia trips confined to re-watching Dirty Dancing and listening to Kate Bush. Lorraine will bear testiment to my love of Ms Bush as she recently had the misfortune to hear me give an interesting rendition of Wuthering Heights in a west end karaoke room...

I too saw a film at the London Film Festival. It was entitled The Wayward Cloud and was a Taiwanese film about a man who meets a woman and they like each other but she doesn't know he's a porn actor. Right up to the end it was reasonably entertaining - it would suddenly go into a song and dance routine at times, and some of the sex scenes were interesting...however, the ending was truly shocking. I assume the director was trying to be provocative but really it was horrible. I'll say no more. Much more enjoyable for me was 'Thumbsucker' (not in the festival), a wonderful indie US film.

I'm now reading 'Changing Planes' by Ursula K Le Guin. I'm very much enjoying it. Another fascinating sci-fi read, so perhaps not for you, Claire!!

Hope you enjoy your ride in the Eye, Julian. It's nice at twilight.