Twilight Watch and World's End

Having got some books for Xmas, I recently read Twilight Watch which is the third (and, at the time, trilogy final) of The Night Watch series by Sergey Lukyanenko. The series is set in Russia and deals with magic ("Others") and politics and is generally rather interesting and twisty. I liked the latest installment and thought it was a decent enough end to the original trilogy (there are now three more books). In general, a good start to my reading year.

Our latest Lovefilms offering was The World's End. It's... very difficult to describe without spoilering. It begins as a group of friends reuniting after about 25 years to repeat - and finish - a pub crawl that they did as teens. I found it difficult to get into for a while, but eventually liked it. Its stars include Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman and Rosamund Pike with Pierce Brosnan making a brief appearance.

My last week also included lunch with a former colleague (and I thoroughly recommend The Harrow for its food). We chatted about retirement, work and colleagues.

Finally, still no snow. Although apparently it's fallen only a couple of miles away.