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Archive for May, 2009

Trailer of the Week: Terminator Salvation

Posted in Watching, tagged , , on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sometimes trailers don’t do justice to a film. Other times, they showcase a certain magic that the actual movie sadly never attains. I have a feeling that might be the case with Terminator: Salvation, which has been notching up some pretty miserable reviews since it was released on May 21st in the US. Stephanie Zacharek [...]

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Crazed folk pop hits Eurovision

Posted in Listening, tagged , , , on May 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As I’m sure you’ve already pencilled in your diary, the final of the Eurovision song contest takes place in Moscow, tomorrow night. The UK has somehow made it into the final despite the appalling dullness of its entry, It’s My Time, sung by Jade Ewen. I wouldn’t bother clicking on the link if I were [...]

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Rodrigo Rosenberg: If you are watching this message, it’s because I was murdered

Posted in Listening, tagged , , on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Rodrigo Rosenberg was born in Guatemala in 1962. After completing an undergraduate degree at Rafael Landivar University, he studied international law at the University of Cambridge, and later took a masters in commercial law at Harvard. In 1987, Rodrigo Rosenberg co-founded his own law firm, Rosenberg Marzano Marroquin-Pemueller & Asociados. He had four children. He [...]

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Expenses

Posted in Reading, tagged , , on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Anyone else tired of reading the depressing details of MPs expense claims? For the last word on this subject, read Philip Stephens. The scores of MPs who abused the House of Commons’ allowances system cannot expect sympathy. The refrain of ministers that claims were “within the rules” only stokes popular disdain. The gaming of the [...]

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