Latest additions to SpikeMagazine.com, thanks to Ian Hocking and James McConalogue:

The Samplist - Francis Ellen
"...its appeal will be limited to those like a good fart joke to round off a discussion on Bach as the composer's composer..."

The History Boys - Alan Bennett
"...As the boys see their new tutor as simultaneously avant-garde, refreshing, inspirational and even as a sexual object, the film's story offers a wonderful portrayal of that tragic and comical void between teacher and the pupil..."

Also, Steve wrote a spectacular post last November which I've just read about the genuinely life changing impact books have had on him over the last couple of decades.

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Posted by Chris to splinters: books, authors, literature, travel, politics at 1/17/2007 05:36:00 AM