Movies watched at the cinema : 78 Some of the best : Legend, Magic Mike XXL, Foxcatcher, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Inside Out, Steve Jobs, Precinct Seven Five, Carol, Southpaw, Ant-Man The worst : The Bad Education Movie The most over-rated : Spectre Books I bought : 84 Best home video addiction : Rocky Best fiction : Paper Towns, Grandpa's Great Escape, Katy, Murder for Christmas Best non-fiction : Creativity Best literary event : Letters Live in April Best musical event : Ratatouille at The Royal Albert Hall Favourite bookshop : Daunt Books Fulham Road, same as last year Best art bookshop : The National Gallery, same as last year and the one before Best charity bookshop : slim pickings this year, nobody wins Best online bookshop : The Book People, same as last year and the one before Best art event : From Santiago Montoya at The Halcyon Gallery to two Hamlet with Benedict to Mademoiselle Privé at The Saatchi Gallery via McQueen's Savage Beauty at the V&A and Masterpiece, it's been a fantastic year, culturally-speaking. But there was something truly special, for me, about Barnaby Barford's Tower of Babel at the V&A Number of significant writing endeavours started : 0 Most significant creative endeavour started : none People who unceremoniously exited my life : 3 People who re-entered it : 1 Holidays taken : 0 Cities I've travelled to : 0 House moves : 1 Most unexpected encounter : Antonio Banderas at Manicomio Most longed-for encounter :... Read more →