Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Ed Sheeran-cool ginge kid

http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/sessions/xfm-session-ed-sheeran
His acoustic session on xfm was great, listen to whatever but 'you need me' is the best in my opinion.
Class.

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Sebastian Faulks- A Week In December

Admittedly, I was slightly nervous when I picked up this novel. I didnt really think I was into those which were 'a satirical comment about metropolitan life', I preferred good old fashioned novels which had characters I could cling too. But how my presumptions were wrong. This novel, set in London, 2007 on the cusp of the recession follows the week of several characters who try and keep their grasp of reality. It is so well rounded in its description of London life, from teenagers picking at Islamist theories to the character's escapisms; reality TV, second life internet games and skunk, to villainous London cyclists. 
I would recommend this book to someone who perhaps had a bit of time to read, reflect and remember, there are tricks, disorientating scene jumps. This book to be ambitious, yet sucessful, although a second reading would do it justice. Nonetheless I really did enjoy this and Faulks has surley proven himself.