Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles! The Observer reports that Steven Spielberg is planning to produce a series of action films featuring the young reporter and his companions: ‘According to Le Soir, Spielberg may cast convention aside and give Tintin a sex change. The magazine claims Gwyneth Paltrow and Jean-Claude Van Damme are being considered for …

Tomorrow, apparently, is the day something major is going to happen to this world. Look here. Strangely, I myself have asked for, but haven’t received, any ‘sign’ that it will happen, so go figure. Neither has my church nor any of my friends. I’ll pray anyway.

And so we do. I can’t wait for the new Tears for Fears album to launch! Interestingly, my choice of universities had nothing to do with wanting to be near the duo, although it is notable that I studied in a city three minutes away from Bath via train. And my recent application to USC …