Category Archives: Personal Life

Website spring clean…

I’ve just finished updating my website at http://www.russellweb.org.uk to remove clutter and make my content more accessible. I had debated whether to retire the site and replace it with something from WordPress. However, the more I looked at WordPress the more I came to appreciate the way my current site has been tailored to myContinue reading “Website spring clean…”

Falling in love with “Red Dwarf”…

It was around 2003 or 2004 when I fell in love with the British sci-fi comedy show “Red Dwarf”. I had been somewhat aware of the series when it launched in 1988 but the external model shots looked so unrealistic that I didn’t bother to try it… what a mistake!  My epiphany came late oneContinue reading “Falling in love with “Red Dwarf”…”

“Atomic Blonde” – a great fun film starring Charlize Theron

Last night I really enjoyed watching the DVD of 2017 action-thriller “Atomic Blonde” – the films rocks fast like a Sam Peckinpah version of ‘The Bourne Conspiracy’ with x1000% of the violence. Charlize Theron is very convincing in the role of lethal MI6 officer Lorraine Broughton, sent to Berlin to recover ‘The List’ (of allContinue reading ““Atomic Blonde” – a great fun film starring Charlize Theron”

Awestruck by the drive & dedication shown by the climbers in the film “Meru”…

I’ve just finished watching the film “Meru” on Netflix and I was left completely in awe of the drive and dedication of the climbers to reach the peak of Mount Meru, a nearly 22,000-foot tall Himalayan mountain. In 2011, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk were the first people to reach its summit viaContinue reading “Awestruck by the drive & dedication shown by the climbers in the film “Meru”…”

Autumn waves at Ramsgate beach

We’re at that time of year when some of the seaweeds are dying back and we see their detritus floating in the water. I just added a new short video from 8th Sept of Autumn waves breaking at Ramsgate beach to my YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/j8rHOYHe0Ww The tideline looked almost black with all the redContinue reading “Autumn waves at Ramsgate beach”