. Where Eagles Dare is a film that is as old as I am, or I’m as old as it is, or something. I’m using a bit of artistic licence, obviously – I’m only 28 as you know. This is one of those films that everyone has seen, haven’t they? I mean, it even has its own drinking game, courtesy of @almurray (via @littlejason). So it’s practically an institution. And I
Musings
Ranty Friday — Over stuffed plates
. I could have ranted about so much this week but I am writing this post at 6.30am before I wake the teen at 7am and then leave the house at 7.30am and don’t return until 6pm. I have already showered, dressed, fed the cats, tidied the lounge, put the washing machine on, worked out to have for dinner and folded a pile of towels. In fact I could
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Nurturing
Croiffles
.Croiffles Yep, that’s right. A blog post with a title that you can’t even pronounce. The picture might give you some clue though. It’s a waffle made from croissant dough. Hence the croiffle name. You see, much as a dog is not just for Christmas and cake is not just for birthdays, waffle machines are not just for waffles. There is so much more you can
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Musings
A teenager’s view of social media
. There is no denying that social media is a big part of our life as a family. Okay, admittedly I am the biggest user of it, possibly on a scale completely incomprehensible by friends and family who don’t have Twitter or Facebook accounts, let alone blogs. For my close family though it is just a way of life now and they are quite used to getting texts from friends
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Musings
American Beauty Review and Where Eagles Dare
. I kicked off the “New for 2015” Film Club last week with American Beauty and have now seen it for the first time. What can I say? Wow. It’s an incredible film and one I would definitely watch again because I am sure each time you watch it you see more. It’s heartstoppingly brilliant. I will watch it again. And if you watch it and
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Supporting
Craziness
. Suffice to say it has been a bonkers week. So much so that I haven’t time to even shave by the looks of the photo above. The lack of a blog post since Sunday is the first clue that things are a bit out of sorts at Barrow Towers. Unheard of in recent times for it to be so long between posts, and a fact that
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Musings
Film Club — American Beauty
. This is it, this is really happening then. I mentioned late last year that I was going to kick off a film club on the blog (and blogged about it here: Announcing the Film Club) in the hope I could see “must see” films that I haven’t seen but the rest of world have, or revisiting films that I adore and think others might not have seen such
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Musings
Ranty Friday — New Year New Meh
It seems wrong to be kicking off the new year with a miserable blog post but this blog is nothing if not honest, and to be honest right now I am feeling pretty miserable. I hate New Year. There I have said it out loud. And I apologise to all those around me for whom this brings down the general mood of celebration. But that is just it.
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Musings
Ending the year on a high
Like so many blog posts I write the post you are reading is not the one I planned. Today’s post was going to be a look back at the year to see just what BB Towers had been up to. Holding the FA Cup in our lounge (no you shut up, we so did) / a trip to Tanzania / Mr B putting up with me saying “we are
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Musings
Mummy Barrow Film Club
Late last year I happened to mention that I had never seen Rita, Sue and Bob Too. What turns out to be an iconic film. When I mentioned this fact on Twitter people were amazed I hadn’t seen it and raved about how fantastic it was. One lovely friend then sent me a copy of it to prove just how magnificent it was. This sparked a big
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Musings
Ten Years ago today
The world changed ten years ago today. Many people just learned what a tsunami was, so many of us hadn’t even heard the word, for hundreds of thousands more their lives were devastated when a tidal wave crashed onto land following a massive earthquake. Family members were lost, villages wiped out, livelihoods destroyed. And in amongst all that destruction were two of our greatest friends: Sam and
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Musings
Is “Live Reporting” a bad thing
It was during the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami in 2004 that I first became acutely aware of rolling news. That constant rolling news footage beamed live into our living rooms from the disaster zone. I am sure it happened for Princess Diana’s death and funeral but I was living in Saudi Arabia then and things were a bit different. The Tsunami was something I had an