A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm @jacobjay, a peripatetic designer/developer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently living between New Delhi and France, working on a Lua web platform and e-commerce. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Travails of a Queen
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Widescreen)
This was really powerful and awed me tremendously, in much the same vein as Joan of Arc, but without the unfortunate demise and quite so much war-mongering. Indeed this instalment of Elizabeth’s march is full of wonderful moments of introspection and heavenly light, reminding me somewhat of The Fountain, yet with infinitely more foundation. Blanchett naturally does a stunning job of conveying Elizabeth’s predicament, and ultimately her…
