tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post3114699109119527376..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': The Oxford MurdersMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-28472729347389367452009-03-31T05:29:00.000+01:002009-03-31T05:29:00.000+01:00I thought the book was promising but it let me dow...I thought the book was promising but it let me down a bit in the end. Still, I do plan on reading the next one. I'm sorry to say that at the moment I can't quite remember what the problem was. I think I just found the mystery itself a little flat.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-70573504318992091792009-03-31T00:15:00.000+01:002009-03-31T00:15:00.000+01:00Maxine, I did enjoy the book - which also had the ...Maxine, I did enjoy the book - which also had the merit of being short and snappy, without quite the OTT aspects of the movie.<BR/>Dorte - Oxford is one of my favourite places in the world and I'm hoping to have the chance to visit it a good deal more regularly in future.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-34910199028321558912009-03-30T21:16:00.000+01:002009-03-30T21:16:00.000+01:00I have to say I really hated this film. However, I...I have to say I really hated this film. However, I saw it on a transatlantic flight, during which the in-flight entertainment system broke down. So I only saw the first third. However, on the flight home, the same menu of movies was playing, so I watched the rest. I fully admit that the circumstances were not the best - tiny screen, overnight flight, probably heavily cut - but I am afraid it was just illogical, particularly the denouement, as well as unconvincing and unbelievable (that maths lecture! honestly!). I am fully prepared to believe the book is much better, but reluctant to put that to the test on the basis of the film experience and the very many sillinesses in it. I am not quite sure what Elijah Wood, John Hurt etc were doing there. (making money?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-42021717891157427672009-03-30T10:53:00.000+01:002009-03-30T10:53:00.000+01:00The last time I visited Oxford was c 12 years ago ...The last time I visited Oxford was c 12 years ago (together with a colleague and 24 Danish students). I found one of Inspector MorseĀ“s favourite pubs, checked that they served evening meals, and persuaded my horde of young people it would be interesting to try it out in the evening. But what happened: when we entered the pub, they had put up a sign that the cook was ill so no food for us.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.com