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Arrived in London yesterday for Maugrim's second b-day party. One of the first things that struck me was the change in the 91 bus route (as of February the 7th). I found it rather amusing that my automatic response was 'why did nobody tell me about this?', rather than, well, one shouldn't really react to something as petty as a minor alteration in a bus route whilst one was away. It's not as if the Supreme Megafalump of London (or Bojo as he's called on the streets) is on my f-list or something...

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Finished watching Friday's 'Newsnight Review', in which they discussed whether television is dead. It wasn't great, some of the questions raised were a bit... daft and I felt sorry for the glorious Ms Haynes (amongst others) who had to make do with such little material.

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It's not all about cash, it's not all about a 'thick' audience. It's about ditching the silly excuses, learning from other TV failures and successes, mixing it all up and having a good time. The real problem with British TV when compared to the US? It just doesn't taste of love.

Oh yes, and Question Time was boring. I did fall in love with David Mitchell again especially with his 'bankers aren't actually all evil' line. Unfortunately it wasn't enough, though it was interesting hearing Charles Moore for the first time - I usually just read his articles in the Telegraph (and wrinkle my nose in annoyance). He isn't nearly as offensive as Simon Heffer, though, who along with Christopher Hitchens, reaffirmed my opinion that even without the religious element, Conservatives are just plain distasteful (apart from Athene, but she's just plain odd, lol).