Category: THINGS I LOVE
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Band of Brothers
Next year this seminal 10-part series will be 20 years old. I watched the original run back in 2001 and decided to re-watch it recently. This only underlined how special it is. Asides from telling one of recent histories great stories (the invasion of Normandy – told through the eyes of a US Airborne company),…
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Cava pilava
As I’m sure you all know Prosecco exploded in the UK in 2008. Don’t get me wrong it was readily available before but few paid it much attention. Then the recession hit and the masses went looking for an alternative to Champagne. Prosecco became the popular choice and soon after the default choice of fizz…
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“THIS COUNTRY” (BBC)
I doubt I’m the only person raised in a former mining town wondering “how did they get it so right!?” “Kurtan” is the average Hucknall 20-something, or at least was back in the 90s. The hair (which I had a worse version of), the outfits, the backwater mindset – it’s uncanny. Such a good show about the UK’s hopeless…
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“THE LAST DANCE” (Netflix)
If this isn’t the ultimate nostalgia TV I don’t know what is?! I played basketball in junior school and loved it. I was pretty good too (for a chubby white kid), so was disappointed to find out that my high school didn’t have a team. Nonetheless, during those formative years “The Bulls” turned basketball into…
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CHEAP IMITATIONS THAT ARE (ALMOST) AS GOOD AS THE REAL THING
I was first introduced to Yankee Candle when I was about 20. On my first trip to the US my American girlfriend dragged me into a candle store with a jingoistic patriotic name and “US customer service” (which I hated). On the flip side the store was very well upholstered, more like an upmarket perfume…
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Little things make big differences
I like my house to smell AMAZING! Looking good is a non-negotiable, tidy is essential but smelling heavenly is the icing on the cake. To that end I highly recommend these “Hotel Collection” reed diffusers from Aldi. They look both stylish and prominent due to their extra-large size. Allegedly they last 5-6 months and the…
Dr Martin James 