Jezza's Blog

Everyone loved this book when it came out, didn't they? I didn't like it so much. First there's the picaresque humour - the old ...

Another really enjoyable novel. I watched the TV series first, which was also great, and then when it finished I was missing the characters ...

 Really enjoyable novel made up of different stories set in the same place through history.  I feel there ought to be a name for that but I ...

I was disappointed and upset by this book. It's not specially well written, and it feels poorly edited too - sometimes the same episode ...

This has sat on my shelf for more than a year. Someone was clearing out his Jazz books collection, and I took this one, mainly because I rem...

A Paul Verhoeven historical drama with heresy, blasphemy, lurid visions and lesbian nuns. Not ridiculously over the top like Ken Russel'...

A disappointing, ramshackle, often boring film, with occasional glints of interest. It's a fly-on-the-wall documentary - no narrative or...

I watched this as part of my birthday celebrations. A few months ago I found myself - unusually - listening to Radio 4, and there was a prog...

I've belated become a John Le Carre fan. I think this film captures the atmosphere of the books, especially the shabby interiors of the ...