London Still Rocks!

Right! Firstly, I forgot to mention the film I saw on tv over the weekend - which, as I watched, I remembered I'd seen before. But I didn't remember a thing about it in advance, and it certainly merited a re-watch. The Cellar , a Shudder co-production, is an Irish horror film, released a few years ago now, about a woman whose daughter goes missing after they move into a big old remote house, and who is very suspicious about strange things related to the house - particularly centred on the cellar, of course. Now, its rating isn't great, and true, the first part of the film is woefully amateurish, from a horror perspective - jump scares, predictable.. BUT. It's based on a rather excellent short film on YouTube , called The Ten Steps , written and directed by the same writer/director of the longer film, Brendan Muldowney . The premise is fantastically simple - a young girl, terrified of the cellar, is forced to face her fear when the power goes when her parents are out, a...

Ah, our last day in Provence - I was delighted to be leaving. We rose early, packed quickly - our verdict on our accommodation was - hard beds (although, again, not as hard as the Aldstadt Hotel Zurich ), indifferent cleaners - the first time they cleaned, all they did was turn off a light that had been left on: the second, they made the beds and changed the towels. This during a week's stay. But anyway, it was generally fine. We knew where to go for the bus to the airport , and already had our tickets - so it was easy. Now, my companion had the excellent idea of heading to the airport first and dropping our bags - the website said there were left-luggage facilities in Terminals 1 & 2, and Terminal 2 was where I'd be flying from, so I suggested that. Unfortunately, when we got there, we were told it was only in Terminal 1. Off we went there, and deposited them - the guy was very confused to hear we'd be coming back at different times, but it all worked out in the end....