The One With The Magnetic Ball

Added on 21 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay is currently writing The Final Cut. The following first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 19th January 2005: Looking up from his post-school snack, yesterday afternoon, my wee lad broke a long silence with the words: 'If one of your family dies, it's wrong to put them in the ga...

The Two Minute Review

Added on 20 January 2009

At some point during the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still, you start rooting for Keanu Reeves to just kill everyone. It’s not like we don’t all deserve it. Keanu comes to Earth to save the planet from the human race. He intends giving us one last chance by speaking to the UN, bu...

In The Bleak Midwinter

Added on 19 January 2009

Warsaw is deep in the bleak midwinter of its discontent. Of course, the Poles are generally discontent, they don't need it to be freezing. The cold persists, and it snows every now again, a mild flurry without yet depositing several feet of the stuff. It is incumbent on householders in Poland to cle...

The Many Adventures of Vlada The Pooh

Added on 16 January 2009

Douglas Lindsay is working on this year's bestselling barbershop death junkie novel, The Final Cut. The following children's story first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 7th June 2005: The Many Adventures of Vlada The Pooh Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood. Where Slobodan Robin plays, There lives...

Gum For The New Generation

Added on 15 January 2009

Today Douglas Lindsay is writing this year's cime comedy blockbuster, The Final Cut. This blog first appeared in his Letter From Belgrade on 18th March 2005: You know those episodes of Winnie the Pooh, when one of the seasons arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood? There's always a defining day, as if the...