PHILLIPS HEAD

Nothing remotely humorous about my mustache - still going strong after three months Germans aren't meant to have a sense of humour, but when you are in Germany they always seem to be mirthfully laughing about something or grimly walking forward...

Tom Hanks is the same age as Spencer Tracy when he appeared in "Judgement at Nuremberg". Both men were massive film stars in their time. Spencer Tracy looks haggard and old, in one scene he looks longingly at a beautiful German girl in her twenties...

I spent the evening in bed, which considering the multitude of things to do in Berlin at night time always feels like a guilty pleasure but ends up being a routine that has crystallised into a form of contempt for Berlin night life. It is always...

So, I'm going to do a post about some of the podcasts that I like, to try and sell the concept to you two, but my most recent obsession is more standard. A musical about Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of America, but built around...

While I am doing most of my work now deciding where to eat, I am also working my way diligently through the Kindle back catalogue. Unfortunately the Man Booker thing didn't work Andrew, which as you can imagine, I am distraught about. BUt once we...