Monthly Archives: September 2024

I want to start with the definition of cognitive dissonance because I hear the term a lot, but there are times when I’m just a little unclear on the meaning so it will help me out to keep referring back to it. The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs or attitudes, especially as relating toContinue reading “My Cognitive Dissonance”

After a two year delay, I was finally able to go to the British Film Institute Archive Open Day on Sunday. It was fun and eye opening. Essentially it’s a facility that comprises some offices, some ‘labs’ where film is worked on and preserved and some vaults or archives that house millions of metres ofContinue reading “The BFI and a Film Review”

I seem now to get my new music tastes from other people’s Instagram posts. I heard a new song on a ‘story,’ Everywhere, Everything by Noah Kahan. I immediately enjoyed it, Spotified it and added it to my playlists that were appropriate. On listening to the song for the first time, the very first lyricsContinue reading “It’s Been a Long Year”

And so we’re back once again with the UK politics. Where has all the fucking hope gone? Our new government are having to contend with a poisoned chalice because the previous Tory government kicked issues down the road. Ooooo the metaphors. Prison overcrowding, striking workers and a massive hole in our country’s finances to nameContinue reading “Where Has All the Hope Gone?”