Tag Archives: movies

Warm Woodies Welcome?

Posted on April 29, 2024 by royiii

The answer to the strap-line above is not really, but it really wasn’t that surprising – it had, after all, been quite a while since I’d last drank at Woodies: As you can tell from the above pics, it is … Continue reading →

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Moving movie target?

Posted on August 28, 2021 by royiii

It’s been a quite a while since I last blogged about movies! I guess I’ve always been a cinema fan – like most of these things it started in childhood – hot dogs, usherettes selling ice cream from trays, those … Continue reading →

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Normalising the new normalisation?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by royiii

The thaw has arrived! Those lockdown restrictions seem to be easing at a rapidly quickening rate, at least for the last three weeks or so, anyway. You won’t be surprised that a recent highlight for me was the reopening of … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day Waylay!

Posted on March 13, 2020 by royiii

That’s what was missing from my posts for last month – my annual anti-Valentine’s Day rant! All the signs were there to trigger a real February 14th tirade: My ex-girlfriend was unavailable due to working on Friday the 14th and … Continue reading →

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Three tales of Christmas present …

Posted on December 31, 2019 by royiii

Well, the season to be jolly has been and gone for the big 2019 – below are a couple of heart-warming Christmas scenes from the winter wonderland that is New Malden – enjoy! Yuletide 2019 has been a bit of … Continue reading →

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Skewered assured?

Posted on October 23, 2019 by royiii

I would like to assure regular readers that I am not becoming obsessed with the status and wellbeing of stores within the locales of Surbiton and Kingston, though the following could be taken as further proof of my descent into … Continue reading →

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What the Thel?

Posted on June 21, 2019 by royiii

I didn’t really know what to expect from my most recent trip to the Rose Theatre in sunny Kingston. The thing was my mate who had booked the seats seemed pretty much none the wiser either – the most up-to-date … Continue reading →

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Rise of the humans?

Posted on April 15, 2019 by royiii

One thing I dislike is when I feel I am being ordered around, and this antipathy is increased exponentially when the thing doing the bossing is a machine! A prime example of this is telephone answering systems. We’ve all been … Continue reading →

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Going, going … gone?

Posted on March 12, 2019 by royiii

The way things are looking so far, the answer to the above is a very firm yes. I am talking about the life signs of the Kingston branch of HMV, located on the basement floor of the Bentall Centre: These … Continue reading →

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Shot in the heart?

Posted on February 28, 2019 by royiii

This is the month when I have at least one vitriolic rant against that bane of the modern calendar: Valentine’s Day. That self-professed day of all things lurve is an event that has become rather anathema to me in recent years. … Continue reading →

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