Puss takes her water old, not stirred. Photos of the Week #57

At the moment I seem to be spending most of my time at my desk at home and at my desk at work – having a lot to do on the job and with a paper I’m going to give next week. So Puss and I are sort of seeing a lot of each other, [...]

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Bad taste… for blood

I’m all about vampires at the moment having read the Twilight books and chewing away at the series True Blood. Two very different things – the former I’m a bit cringy to admit having completely swallowed up to a point where addiction might be the appropriate word and hey these books are so terribly adolescent [...]

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Lingonberries and Siegfried-motives in Astrid Lindgren’s Emil from Lönneberga. Photo of the Week #53

In the marketplace of Lund, Sweden you can buy all sorts of wonderful local produce. At the moment the chanterelles and lingonberries would be my primary choice. Look at those masses of lingonberries:

This seems to be one of the essentially Swedish foods. They cook them to marmalade and eat it with meatballs and mashed potatoes [...]

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English Country Houses. Part 2. Haddon Hall

Next up: Haddon Hall. Located a short drive from Chatsworth my friend and I went there on the same day after having had that memorable afternoon tea.
Haddon Hall was a favourite of mine even before I visited it since it happens to portray Thornfield Manor in the best adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the [...]

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Look at that Cheshire Cat!

Look, look the trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is here!

Looks just as creepy as it should…What I’m looking most forward to is of course the cat:

It even has the voice of Stephen Fry and look at the way it blinks in the trailer. Yay and yay! Oh and Alan [...]

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English Country Houses. Part 1. Chatsworth.

I promised you reviews of country houses in Britain and I will give you reviews of country houses in Britain. But first let me tell you two things: 1. Never go to Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the worst tourist trap I have ever seen (and I broke the UV-filter on my camera). 2. Go to the [...]

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The Groke. Moomin Winter Horror

Winter is clearly leaving so it’s a last chance for winterly topics. Such as the midwinter horrors of the Moomin stories by Finnish author Tove Jansson. I think many children feel that the Moomin books can be quite discomforting. I’ve heard my friends tell how scared they were and I understand why when you consider [...]

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“I am not really a wizard…”. Ian McKellen on Extras

I’m not sure if Extras with Ricky Gervais is really my cup of tea. But this little bit with Ian McKellen explaining what good acting is, I find hilarious.  The necklace alone… and the graph, of course. It is not less hilarious stumbling upon it moments after having watched The Return of the King.  Enjoy!
 
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I was pretty disappointed too… On Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – the new trailer

Yay – a new trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is out. Of course these are mere scraps compared to getting the whole film, as they promised.
Somebody made this wonderful video which depicts my feelings exactly upon hearing they put it off till July next year. Just…perhaps I’m not really in on [...]

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The chair!

Last night I was watching Dame Judi Dench receiveing her Lifetime Achievement Award at the European Film Award show here in Copenhagen. Being one of m favourite actresses I thought it was wonderful to see her receive such an award, and I was touched to see how moved she was by it. 
 
After her acceptance speech the [...]

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